François Andrieux

thumb|right François Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux (6 May 1759 – 10 May 1833) was a French man of letters and playwright. Quotes Ce sont là jeux de prince:On respecte un moulin: on vole une province. Le Meunier de Sans-Souci. (Ed. 1818, Vol. III., p. 208). Translation: Princes' sports are these:A mill they'll spare: a province they will seize. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 24. Ces malheureux rois,Dont on dit tant de mal, ont du bon quelquefois. Le Meunier de Sans-Souci. (Ed. 1818, Vol. III., p. 205). Translation: These wretched kings,Of whom all men speak ill, have oft some good in them. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 26. Il en coûte bien cher pour mourir à Paris. Les Etourdis, Act I., Sc. II. — (Daiglemoni). To die in Paris costs a pretty penny. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 56. Quand il veut, le diable fait tout bien. Le Doyen de Badajoz. (Ed. 1818, Vol. III., p. 266). When he wills, the devil does all things well. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 185. Si nous n’avions pas des juges à Berlin. Le Meunier de Sans Souci. (Ed. 1818. Vol. III., p. 208). Suppose we had no judges in Berlin. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 210. External links Category:Playwrights from France Category:1833 deaths Category:Poets from France Category:1759 births