All the world needs France, while England needs all the world.
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Tout le monde a besoin de la France, quand l'Angleterre a besoin de tout le monde.
— Antoine de Rivarol
What It Means
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• p. 33" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Antoine de Rivarol" (Quotes, De l'universalité de la langue française (1784): De l'universalité de la langue française: Discours qui a remporté le Prix a l'Académie de Berlin (Berlin, 1784))
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About Antoine de Rivarol
Antoine de Rivarol (26 June 1753 – 11 April 1801) was a Royalist French writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era.
About Antoine de Rivarol
Antoine de Rivarol (26 June 1753 – 11 April 1801) was a Royalist French writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era.
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