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The character of the French people is most easily perceived through quotations of some of their iconic figures, such as: | The character of the French people is most easily perceived through quotations of some of their iconic figures, such as: | ||
− | :''« Direction, le trou du cul de mon cheval | + | :''« Direction, le trou du cul de mon cheval! »'' |
:[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ney Maréchal Ney]. | :[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ney Maréchal Ney]. | ||
:''« La France ne peut être la France sans la grandeur. »'' | :''« La France ne peut être la France sans la grandeur. »'' | ||
:[[de Gaulle]]. | :[[de Gaulle]]. | ||
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+ | :''« Oh mon Pays! »'' | ||
+ | :[[Bernanos]] | ||
Here I will resist to put one of the many citations attributed to [[Napoléon]] himself, since most of them are, like the rest of the personage, apocryphal anyway (see, for instance, [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_n'est_pas_fran%C3%A7ais Impossible n'est pas Français]). | Here I will resist to put one of the many citations attributed to [[Napoléon]] himself, since most of them are, like the rest of the personage, apocryphal anyway (see, for instance, [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_n'est_pas_fran%C3%A7ais Impossible n'est pas Français]). |
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France is Fabrice's homeland and a place we still visit regularly as we have his family left here. It is also for us, as it has been for generations of people, a crossing point to many of the migratory roads between the important European countries.
The character of the French people is most easily perceived through quotations of some of their iconic figures, such as:
Here I will resist to put one of the many citations attributed to Napoléon himself, since most of them are, like the rest of the personage, apocryphal anyway (see, for instance, Impossible n'est pas Français).
(of mainland France)