Maurice Druon Quotes

France, Novelist
April 23, 1918 – April, 14, 2009.

Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.

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
- Power
- American
- America
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
- People
- Life
- World

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
- Good
- Song
- Poetry
I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill.

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

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

Maurice Druon
- Society
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
- Respect