The Xenophobe's Guide to the French

Their preoccupation with perceptions and conceptions makes the French much harder to govern than the Germans, who have a natural tendency towards acceptance of authority, or the English, who will grumble but do as they’re told.

They worship ideas and those who generate them, even if the ideas are only in vogue for the briefest of periods.

They love to feel that life is fast moving, energetic and stylish.