Old age is a shipwreck.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only...

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution....

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution....

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

I was France.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is...

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.