I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority. (Horace Walpole)

I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.

Horace Walpole

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