The church cemetery contains the grave of David Young (1781-1852), the astronomer who is said to have charged the French Academy o...nly $10 for making the decision that the Star of Bethlehem was not a comet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for ...a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
This has been illustrated copiously each day with photographs taken by the author, reproduced by means of cuts such as only French... newspaper-engravers can make, presumably etched on pieces of bread.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The French Revolution gave birth to no artists but only to a great journalist, Desmoulins, and to an under-the-counter writer, Sad...e. The only poet of the times was the guillotine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A new kind of award has been added--the deathbed award. It is not an award of any kind. Either the recipient has not acted at all,... or was not nominated, or did not win the award the last few times around. It is intended to relieve the guilty conscience of the Academy members and save face in front of the public. The Academy has the horrible taste to have a star, choking with emotion, present this deathbed award so that there can be no doubt in anybody's mind why the award is so hurriedly given. Lucky is the actor who is too sick to watch the proceedings on television.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and ...crooked as individuals.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »