André Thérive

André Thérive (19 June 1891 – 4 June 1967, pen name of Roger Puthoste), was a French author, journalist, literary critic and purist defender of the French language.

Quotes

 * « ... selon le mot de Talleyrand, la trahison est une question de dates ... »
 * "according to the word of Talleyrand, treason is a matter of dates."
 * (Source:)


 * « En politique, a dit Anatole France, il n'y a pas de traîtres; il n'y a que des perdants. »
 * "In politics, as Anatole France said, there are no traitors; there are only losers."
 * (Source:) Essai sur les trahisons, Calmann-Lévy, 1951, chapter XI De la trahison intérieur (About interior betrayal), p.204.