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Quotes from De l'universalité de la langue française — Antoine de Rivarol

1753–1801 France

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The man who speaks is the man who thinks out loud.

De l'universalité de la langue française (1784)

It is prose which gives sway to a language, because it is quite usual; poetry is only a luxury object.

De l'universalité de la langue française (1784)

All the world needs France, while England needs all the world.

De l'universalité de la langue française (1784)

Language is the painting of our ideas.

De l'universalité de la langue française (1784)

What is not clear is not French.

De l'universalité de la langue française (1784)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Antoine de Rivarol (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.