Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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• Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France.

  

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• If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Sacrifice
  • France
  • Judged