Jacques Prévert's most famous lines
The top 3 according to 2 votes from people: The mother knits / the son goes to war / she finds it all quite natural, the mother. · Remember, Barbara / it rained all day on Brest that day / and you walked smiling / radiant, enraptured, dripping / in the rain. · Our Father who art in heaven / stay there / and we will stay on earth / which is sometimes so pretty.. (Updated Jul 3, 2026.)
"Remember, Barbara", "Our Father who art in heaven, stay there" and "We should try to be happy, if only to set an example": the lines of Jacques Prévert everyone knows, from Paroles to Spectacle and Arbres, with the collection each comes from.
Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original
Top 12
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The mother knits / the son goes to war / she finds it all quite natural, the mother.
"Familiale", Paroles (1946).
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Remember, Barbara / it rained all day on Brest that day / and you walked smiling / radiant, enraptured, dripping / in the rain.
Paroles (1946).
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Our Father who art in heaven / stay there / and we will stay on earth / which is sometimes so pretty.
Paroles (1946).
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We should try to be happy, if only to set an example.
Spectacle (1951).
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Children in love kiss standing up / against the doors of the night.
Spectacle (1951).
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A rain of tears can do nothing against a dry heart.
Spectacle (1951).
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Of two things the moon / the other is the sun.
Paroles (1946).
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It is terrible / the little sound of a hard-boiled egg cracked on a pewter counter / it is terrible, this sound / when it stirs in the memory of a hungry man.
"La grasse matinée", Paroles (1946).
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9
Hey, comrade Sun, / don't you think / it's pretty stupid / to give a day like this / to a boss?
"Le temps perdu", Paroles (1946).
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10
Once trees were people like us / but sturdier, happier, more in love, perhaps wiser.
Arbres (1976).
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It's my fault / it's my fault / it's my most grievous spelling fault / that's how I write / giraffe.
Histoires (1946).
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12
When left alone / the mental world / lies / monumentally.
Paroles (1946).
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