Keyword: Paris

To err is human; to loaf, Parisian.

(1802 – 1885) French writer
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Here [in Paris] they hang a man first, and try him afterward.

(1622 – 1673) French playwright & actor
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In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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Berlioz, musically speaking, is a lunatic; a classical composer only in Paris, the great city of quacks.

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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
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