Status Updates From Slow Trains to Venice: A Lo...

De Gaulle was renowned for his turn of phrase. 'Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
Later, he commented: 'I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”

“Not all those who wander are lost”

“All being well, in three weeks I shall arrive in Venice. In between I'm not quite sure what will happen... just as I've always planned.”