Pierre Desproges' best quotes
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: You can laugh at everything, but not with everyone. · The enemy is stupid: he thinks we're the enemy, when it's him! · Das Kapital is an austere book. It's a bit like the phone book: you turn three pages and you hang up («décrocher» also means to lose interest).. (Updated Dec 19, 2023.)
The most famous lines of France's master of black humour, from Le Tribunal des flagrants délires to Chroniques de la haine ordinaire, each with its source.
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Top 12
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You can laugh at everything, but not with everyone.
His closing speech on France Inter's Tribunal des flagrants délires, against Jean-Marie Le Pen, 1982.
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The enemy is stupid: he thinks we're the enemy, when it's him!
Manual of etiquette for boors and the ill-mannered (1981).
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Das Kapital is an austere book. It's a bit like the phone book: you turn three pages and you hang up («décrocher» also means to lose interest).
Tribunal des flagrants délires.
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That's the day I learned that God melts in your mouth, not in your hand.
On his first communion, in one of his stage shows; a nod to the M&M's slogan.
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Just because man thirsts for love doesn't mean he should grab the first water bottle («gourde», also «dimwit»).
Dictionnaire superflu (1985); «gourde» means both flask and silly woman.
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Never despair of idiots. With a bit of training, you can make soldiers out of them.
Fonds de tiroir (posthumous writings).
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The least gifted among you will have noticed that January starts first.
Chroniques de la haine ordinaire (France Inter, 1986): «I mean, I'm not the one who started it.»
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When Molière wrote Hamlet, had he read Rostand? No!
Tribunal des flagrants délires: «And so what, who cares about culture?»
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Love: there are those who talk about it and those who make it. Which is why it seems urgent that I shut up.
Tribunal des flagrants délires.
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Death should be a free public service for everyone, like birth.
Stage show at the Théâtre Fontaine (1984).
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Chirac: here's a man with a smile that would cure a yeti's hiccups.
Fonds de tiroir.
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Between a bad cook and a poisoner, the only difference is intent.
Fonds de tiroir.
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Comments (2)
Desproges me manque terriblement.
« On peut rire de tout, mais pas avec tout le monde », toujours d'actualité.