France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

Quote by Francois Mitterrand

Topics: History Quotes, Nations Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole...

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh...

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute...

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute...

A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells...

A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Through the media of films, books, music and the behavior of elders, young minds are...

Through the media of films, books, music and the behavior of elders, young minds are...

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an...

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has...

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has...

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...