40 funny quotes about France and the French

When France in wrath her giant-limbs upreared,

And with that oath, which smote air, earth, and sea,

Stamped her strong foot and said she would be free,

Bear witness for me, how I hoped and feared!

– English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)

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Source: The storming of the Bastille - 14 Jul 1789, Rex

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