Francois Villon Quotes
Good talkers are only found in Paris.
Villon, François. "Ballade des femmes de Paris." Complete Poems, edited and translated by Barbara N. Sargent-Baur, University of Toronto Press, 1994, p. 165.
Stephen and his contemporaries did not anticipate the advent of radio and television which elevated the conversationalist’s ability to have an audience. Today, many conversationalists host media shows and serve as critics and pundits. Many are far better recognized than most politicians and speechmakers.
François Villon (pronounced [fʁɑ̃swa vijɔ̃] in modern French; in fifteenth-century French, [frɑnswɛ vilɔn], c. 1431 – c. 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems.
