French authors
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| Author (number of quotes) | Description |
| A | |
| Abelard, Pierre (1) | French philosopher, theologian, logician |
| Apollinaire, Guillaume (1) | French author, poet, criticist |
| B | |
| Bachelard, Gaston (2) | French philosopher |
| Balzac, Honoré de (2) | French author |
| Bardot, Brigitte (1) | French actress and singer |
| Barreau, Nicolas (2) | French author |
| Barthes, Roland (1) | French literary theorist, philosopher, critic |
| Barzun, Jacques (1) | French-born American historian |
| Baudelaire, Charles (3) | French poet |
| Beauvoir, Simone de (2) | French author and philosopher |
| Belloc, Hilaire (1) | French-born English poet |
| Bergson, Henri (1) | French philosopher |
| Bernard, Claude (1) | French physiologist |
| Binoche, Juliette (1) | French actress |
| Bonaparte, Napoleon (6) | French military and political leader |
| Boutroux, Pierre (1) | French mathematician |
| Braque, Georges (1) | French painter and sculptor |
| Bresson, Robert (1) | French director |
| C | |
| Camus, Albert (18) | French author, philosopher |
| Carrel, Alexis (1) | French surgeon and biologist |
| Chamfort, Nicolas (6) | French author |
| Chanel, Coco (9) | French fashion designer |
| Cocteau, Jean (4) | French poet, author, painter, actor, composer and director |
| Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle (1) | French author |
| Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1) | French naval officer, filmmaker, scientist and author |
| Curie, Marie (1) | Polish-born French physicist |
| D | |
| de Broglie, Louis (1) | French physicist |
| Deffand, Madame Marie du (2) | French author |
| Degas, Edgar (1) | French painter, sculptor |
| Delon, Alain (2) | French actor, director, producer |
| Descartes, René (4) | French philosopher, mathematician |
| Diderot, Denis (3) | French philosopher |
| Dior, Christian (1) | French fashion designer |
| Dumas, Alexandre (10) | French author |
| F | |
| Foch, Ferdinand (1) | French politician |
| Fontaine, Jean de La (1) | French author and poet |
| Fourier, Joseph (1) | French mathematician and physicist |
| France, Anatole (6) | French author, poet |
| G | |
| Gide, André (2) | French author |
| Guetta, David (1) | French DJ, producer and songwriter |
| H | |
| Hugo, Victor (17) | French poet, writer |
| J | |
| Joubert, Joseph (5) | French moralist and essayist |
| K | |
| Kundera, Milan (3) | Czech-French author, playwright and poet |
| L | |
| LaGrange, Joseph-Louis (1) | Italian-born French mathematician and astronomer |
| Lamartine, Alphonse de (2) | French author and poet |
| Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1) | French mathematician, astronomer |
| Levi-Strauss, Claude (1) | French anthropologist, ethnologist |
| M | |
| Mandelbrot, Benoit (1) | Polish-born, French-American mathematician |
| Marceau, Sophie (1) | French actress |
| Mauriac, Francois (1) | French author |
| Maurois, Andre (1) | French author, historian |
| Monet, Claude (2) | French painter |
| Montaigne, Michel de (6) | French philosopher |
| N | |
| Nin, Anais (1) | French-American author |
| P | |
| Pascal, Blaise (3) | French mathematician, physicist |
| Pissarro, Camille (1) | Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter |
| Poincaré, Henri (8) | French mathematician, physicist and philosopher |
| Poisson, Siméon (1) | French mathematician |
| Prost, Alain (1) | French racing driver |
| Proust, Marcel (5) | French author, criticist |
| R | |
| Reeves, Hubert (1) | French Canadian astrophysicist |
| Renan, Ernest (1) | French philosopher |
| Renard, Jules (3) | French author |
| Rimbaud, Arthur (1) | French poet |
| Rochefoucauld, Francois de La (2) | French author |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (4) | French philosopher, author and composer |
| Roux, Joseph (1) | French poet |
| S | |
| Sagan, Francoise (1) | French author |
| Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (11) | French author and pilot |
| Saint-Laurent, Yves (1) | French fashion designer |
| Sand, George (1) | French author |
| Sartre, Jean-Paul (5) | French philosopher |
| T | |
| Truffaut, Francois (1) | French director and criticist |
| V | |
| Verne, Jules (2) | French author |
| Voltaire (15) | French author, poet, philosopher |