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.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Children have a natural antipathy to books - handicraft should be the basis of education....

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

Study from new books but from old teachers.

Study from new books but from old teachers.

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

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

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

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Next, in importance to books are their titles.

Next, in importance to books are their titles.

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better...

Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced...

Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second...

Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second...