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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Novelist

Born: April 23rd, 1918

Died: April 14th, 2009

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