The word impossible is not French.

Le mot impossible n'est pas français.

Original text (French)

Notes from Wikiquote

The letter says: "Ce n'est pas possible", m'ecrivez-vous: cela n'est pas français.Original Source

You write to me that it is impossible; the word is not French. || attribution: Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)

Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)

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