Quotes by : Gabriel Chevallier

I carry my liberty with me. It is in my thoughts, in my head. Shakespeare is one of my countries, Goethe....

There is nothing in human affairs that is a true subject for ridicule. Beneath comedy lies the ferment....

Frail to the point of invalidism, without family and with nothing to look forward to, she [Mlle Muguette]....

At Clochemerle, the greater number of the men put up with their wives, and the great majority of the....

For the wine of Clochemerle is at once exquisite and treacherous; it charms first the nose, then the....

There is something relentless about the serenity of nature which has a crushing effect on the human mind.....

The Clochemerle 1929 was a magnificent wine. Drinking it in small sips, his grace the Archbishop felt....

Men were snoring, twitching and whimpering, struggling with nightmares less terrible than reality.

Alas, God's poor ministers are just as much in the dark as we are. You must believe like old women believe,....

Once again was it proved that the designs of Providence are impenetrable and that the sinner, climbing....