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Thomas Carlyle calls the French excitable

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The French Nation distinguishes itself among Nations by the characteristic of Excitability; with the good, but also with the perilous evil, which belongs to that. Rebellion, explosion, of unknown extent is to be calculated on.

  --Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) in The French Revolution: A History (1837), ch. 1.2.VIII

28 October 2013 in British, French, Nasty and funny quotes about various nationalities, Nations, peoples |

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