Something usful did come from the french. A handful of people may have heard of this man. His name was Voltair. He was French and was a pretty fucking good poet/song writer:

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.