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Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it. — Maurice Druon

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands. — Charles De Gaulle

Though the truth may travel a thousand miles and visit a hundred places, it will always find its way home. — Massoud Abbasi

But it is not the rich person only who is under the domination of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it. — George MacDonald

Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it. — Richard Paul Evans

{...]I began to feel tears of frustration build up in my eyes, yearning to free themselves from their glandular prisons. — Andrea Bouchaud

These people are rare who knows how to listen. — Hermann Hesse

Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the 1930s. — Barry Eichengreen

Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess. — Layne Staley

Let's be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell's degree in 19th century French poetry in 'Groundhog Day' — Marco Rubio

I've had this reoccurring dream for the last ten to fifteen years. — Tommy Tune

They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry. — Karl French

Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin. — Gunter Grass

The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English. — Robert Morgan

In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry. — Garth Risk Hallberg

There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties — John Muir

I hate French poetry. What measured glitter! — Israel Zangwill

I learned the hard way not to open my heart to a stranger, knowing that it only leads to heartbreak, tears, and weight gain". — Gina Gershon

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

No one's serious at seventeen,
When lindens line the promenades — Arthur Rimbaud

The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it. — Peter F. Hamilton

Until you can let go of everything, you will find it hard to hold onto anything. — Neale Donald Walsch

Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world. — Susan Rice

Folly, error, sin, avarice
Occupy our minds and labor our bodies,
And we feed our pleasant remorse
As beggars nourish their vermin. — Charles Baudelaire

Read it to me."
"Seriously?" he said quietly. "You want me to read you poetry? Like saving your life ten times wasn't enough? — Brynn Kelly