Maurice Druon Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Maurice Druon:

The French no longer respect their language, because they no longer love themselves, and, no longer loving themselves, they no longer love what was the instrument of their glory - their language.
~Maurice Druon


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Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has a rigour to it.
~Maurice Druon


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/maurice-druon-quotes/#a0a8114e

I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill.
~Maurice Druon


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/maurice-druon-quotes/#9f91e9c7

I love English, though I now call it 'Anglo- American' because we no longer speak British English due to globalization and America's economic power.
~Maurice Druon


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/maurice-druon-quotes/#783bd0fb

Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.
~Maurice Druon


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/maurice-druon-quotes/#565b4b9f

I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think there has ever been a people in the world who displayed a heroism as discreet, as mundane and as universal.
~Maurice Druon


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/maurice-druon-quotes/#59cf557d

Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it.
~Maurice Druon


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/maurice-druon-quotes/#3ea3ff61

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