famous french sayings
Famous French Sayings
French is one of the most beautiful languages on earth. If you are looking for some inspiration to get you through the day, this Buzzle article has some interesting compilation of famous French sayings for you. Take a look!
"Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything."
Wise sayings have often inspired us or made us smile on a blue and gloomy day. They even manage to strike a funny chord. The French have the ability to capture the hearts of everyone by just saying a few words of inspiration. They are amongst the most influential and repeated words in the world. This collection of famous French sayings below would bring about similar feelings.
― Steve Martin
French Quotes and Sayings
Comprendre, c'est pardoner
English Translation: To understand is to forgive.
― De Stael
La vérité vaut bien qu'on passe quelques années sans la trouver
English Translation: Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it.
― Renard
Le vrai philosphe n'attend rien des homes, et il leur fait tout le bien don't il est capable
English Translation: The true philosopher expects nothing from others and offers them the best he can give them.
― Voltaire
Les grandes pensées viennent du coeur
English Translation: The greatest thoughts come from the heart.
― Vauvenargues
La critique est aisée, mais l'art est difficile
English Translation: Criticism is easy, art is difficult.
― Destouches
Faites-vous des amis prompts à vous censurer
English Translation: Make friends with those who would be quick to criticize you.
― Boileau
Généralement, les gens qui savant peu parlent becoup, et les gens qui savant beaucoup parlent peu.
English Translation: Generally speaking, the people who know little speak a lot and the people who know a lot speak little.
― Rousseau
Ce qui manque aux orateurs en profundeur, ils vous le donnent en longueur.
English Translation: Whatever a speaker is missing in depth he will compensate for in length.
― Montesquieu
Rien ne pèse tant qu'un secret.
English Translation: Nothing weighs more than a secret.
― La Fontaine
La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée.
English Translation: We were given speech to hide our thoughts.
― Talleyrand
La cuisine, c'est quand les choses ont le goût de ce qu'elles sont.
English Translation: Fine cooking is when the things you have cooked taste as they are.
― Curnonsky
La parfaite valeur est de faire sans témoin ce qu'on serait capable de faire devant tout le monde.
English Translation: True valor is to do in secrecy what you could just have easily done before others.
― La Rochefoucauld
Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux: l'ennui, le vice et le besoin.
English Translation: Work delivers us from three great evils: boredom, vice and want.
― Voltaire
Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.
English Translation: A fool can always find an even bigger fool to admire him.
― Boileau
Il est difficle de vaincre ses passions, et impossible de les satisfaire.
English Translation: It is difficult to master your passions and impossible to satisfy them.
― De La Sabliére
L'orgueil est le consolateur des faibles.
English Translation: Pride is the consolation of the weak.
― Vauvenargues
Qui craint de souffrir, il souffre déjà de ce qu'il craint
English Translation: He who fears suffering is already suffering that which he fears.
― La Fontaine
Toute chose appartient à qui sait en jouir.
English Translation: Everything belongs to those who can appreciate it.
― André Gide
Il n'y a qu'un bonheur dans la vie, c'est d'aimer et d'être aimé.
English Translation: There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
― George Sand