Are you planning a trip to Paris or do you need some inspiration for that perfect Instagram caption? Then you have come to the right place. This list includes some of the best quotes about the French capital, from short captions about Paris to Paris love quotes and more.
With its iconic landmarks, world-renowned museums, and romantic atmosphere, Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It has inspired many movies, literary works, and poems, and on top of that, plenty of songs about Paris have been written too. So, it comes as no surprise that there are many quotes about this city as well.
I’ve lived in Belgium, just 3 hours from Paris, for most of my life, and have visited this city more times than I can count. So, I’ve gotten to know Paris and its atmosphere pretty well.
In this post, I collected some of the best quotes about Paris out there. I hope that you will find the perfect one to accompany your picture or inspire you!
Short Quotes About Paris
If you’re looking for a quote to accompany your picture, then you might find the perfect one in this section containing short and powerful quotes about the French capital. These Paris quotes are perfect for Instagram captions too.
1. “Paris is always a good idea.” – Audrey Hepburn
2. “Breathe Paris in. It nourishes the soul.” – Victor Hugo
3. “Take me to Paris.” – Unknown
4. “A bad day in Paris is still a good day anywhere else.” – Unknown
5. “When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.” – Klemens von Metternich
6. “To know Paris is to know a great deal.” – Henry Miller
7. “Paris is not a city; it’s a world.” – King Francis I
8. “We’ll always have Paris.” – Casablanca
9. “Though you may leave Paris, Paris never really leaves you.” – Janice Macleod
10. “Paris is a divine section of eternity.” – E. E. Cummings
11. “The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant.” – T.S. Eliot
12. “Flowers never look so lovely as they do in Paris in the market there.” – Agatha Christie
13. “To err is human. To loaf is Parisian.” – Victor Hugo
14. “If you’re going to be sad, you might as well be sad in Paris.” – Gossip Girl
15. “America is my country, and Paris is my home town.” – Gertrude Stein
16. “Paris was a museum displaying exactly itself.” – Jeffrey Eugenides
17. “When good Americans die, they go to Paris.” – Oscar Wilde
18. “Breathe Paris in. It nourishes the soul.” – Victor Hugo
19. “An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
20. “It’s Paris. You don’t come here for the weather.” – Adrian Leeds
21. “Everyone remembers their first taste of Paris. This will be his.” – Kristin Hannah
22. “Keep calm and go to Paris. ” – Unknown
23. “Paris is so delicious they should call it the City of Bites.” – Audrey Hepburn
24. “London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.” – G. K. Chesterson
25. “Secrets travel fast in Paris.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
26. “Paris holds the key to your heart.” – Anastasia
27. “I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.” – Midnight in Paris
28. “Paris exists to remind you that all your dreams are real.” – Audrey Hepburn
29. “In Paris, our lives are one masked ball.” – Gaston Leroux
30. “Some day I’ll be in Paris.” – Unknown
31. “I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go live in Paris.” – Asia Argento
32. “When in doubt, go to Paris .” – Asia Argento
33. “But Paris after midnight… is magic .” – Midnight in Paris
Paris Love Quotes
Paris is often dubbed the city of love, and it would be nearly impossible (well, maybe not impossible, but the post wouldn’t be complete) to write a post on quotes about Paris without including some good old love quotes.
34. “It’s true, you never forget your first love, and, for me, that will always be Paris.” – Caitriona Balfe
35. “Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing, going in circles, mounting each other. Paris is the city of love, even for the birds.” – Samantha Schutz
36. “You’ll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.” — E.A. Bucchianeri
37. There’s something about Paris, people just don’t have anything else to do there but love each other.” – Louis Garrel
38. “Paris is unquestionably a city for lovers, and it has been a privilege and a delight to discover so many of its wonders by his side. — Mary Mcauliffe
39. “I’m not a complicated girl, she laughed, I just want to run away with you, rob a bank, fall in love and eat ice creams in Paris..” – Michael Faudet
40. “Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman.” – John Berger
41. “I love Paris for the million reasons that everybody loves the city. It’s an incredibly romantic and beautiful place.” – Alan Furst
>> Read: Souvenirs from Paris That Don’t Suck
Inspirational Paris Quotes
The following quotes are deep and inspiring. Some of them might make you think, while you might recognize yourself in other ones.
42. “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.” — Thomas Jefferson
43. “If you have ever walked in Paris, you will see that Paris will ever walk in your memories!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
44. “To be a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there.” – Sacha Guitry
45. “There are only two places in the world where we can live happy: at home and in Paris.” – Ernest Hemingway
46. “Paris at night is a street show of a hundred moments you might have lived.” – Courtney Maum
47. “When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.” – Henry Miller
48. “Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history.” – Anne Rice
49. “Paris is the greatest temple ever built to material joys and the lust of the eyes.” – Henry James
50. “You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for a while.” – Amy Howard
51. “Paris is the most beautiful city in the world. It brings tears to your eyes.” – Lee Radziwill
52. “The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café.” – Oscar Hammerstein II
53. “Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past.” – Michael Simkins
54. “Paris is the only place where I feel that I lead a life that I can call my own.” – Joan Juliet Buck
55. “In Paris, I really do like to try and do nothing… but that’s impossible.” – Christian Louboutin
56. “That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.” – Midnight in Paris
57. “In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.” – Jean Cocteau
58. “I have been in Paris for almost a week and I have not heard anyone say calories, or cholesterol, or even arterial plaque. The French do not season their food with regret.” – Mary-Lou Weisman
59. “Though I often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris.” – Paula McLain
Funny Paris Captions
Are you looking for more humorous quotes? Then this is the section for you! Here are some of the funniest quotes about the French capital. I think #64 is so relatable!
60. “There should be a name for the syndrome that occurs when you’re in Paris and you already miss it.” – Rosecrans Baldwin
61. “In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.” – Mark Twain
62. “If “Sex and the City” taught us anything, it’s that Paris is the only city in the world that New Yorkers actually fantasize about.” – Elizabeth Bard
63. “Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.” – Honoré de Balzac
64. “You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.” – Dave Barry
65 – “True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee. But why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don’t know.” — P.J. O’Rourke
Paris Puns
If puns are more of your thing, then make sure to check out the ones below!
66. “Going in seine over this city!” – Unknown
67. “Eiffel in love with Paris!” – Unknown
68. “I think Eiffel into paris-dise!” – Unknown
69. “Paris, what a Seine-sational city!” – Unknown
70. “Going in Seine over this city!” – Unknown
71. “What’s not to Louvre about Paris?” – Unknown
72. “Bonjour Paris, let’s baguette started.” – Unknown
Quotes About the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is probably Paris’ most famous landmark. It’s so well-known that famous people have quoted it more than once, and if you’re planning on spending a weekend in Paris, this is one of the places you cannot miss!
You will find some of the best Eiffel Tower quotes below.
73. “I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.” – Gustave Eiffel
74. “I refer of course to the soaring wonder of the age known as the Eiffel Tower. Never in history has a structure been more technologically advanced, materially obsolescent, and gloriously pointless all at the same time.” – Bill Bryson
75. “I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.” – Natalie Lloyd
76. “France is beautiful. I stood at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower today and looked up at it. There are very few times in my life I’ve felt so small.” – Leisa Rayven
77. “The Eiffel Tower was once thought impossible to build.” – Hector Jesus Arencibia
Longer Quotes About Paris
Here are some slightly longer quotes about the capital of love. You may find the one you’re looking for here – there are some pretty beautiful ones!
78. “I cannot tell you what an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world.” – Charles Dickens
79. “Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I’ve never been down before is like going to a movie or something. Just wandering the city is entertainment.” – Wes Anderson
80. “There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even – the French air clears up the brain and does good – a world of good.” – Vincent Van Gogh
81. “…the whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music… it is worth anyone’s while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in Everything.” – James Thurber
82. “He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.” – Victor Hugo
83. “I had forgotten how gently time passes in Paris. As lively as the city is, there’s a stillness to it, a peace that lures you in. In Paris, with a glass of wine in your hand, you can just be.” – Kristin Hannah
84. “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” – Ernest Hemingway
85. “Paris at dawn is one of those rare cities where you get the impression that something worthwhile could actually happen to you.” – Pierre Assouline
Quotes About Paris in French (+ Translation)
Eh, oui! Some of the best quotes about Paris in the French language had to be on this list too. I speak French, so I hand-picked the best ones for you!
French is often considered to be the most romantic language in the world, so it is a perfect fit with Paris, the so-called capital of love.
86. “Paris, je t’aime.” – Unknown
(Paris, I love you.)
87. “La vie, c’est Paris ! Paris, c’est la vie !” – Marie Bashkirtseff
(Life is Paris! Paris is life!)
88. “Paris le jour, Paris la nuit sous soleil ou sous la pluie, Paris sera toujours… Paris !” – Unknown
(Paris during the daytime, Paris at night, Paris in the sun or in the rain, Paris will always be… Paris!)
89. “Tout commence à Paris.” – Nancy Spain
(Everything starts in Paris.)
90. “Paris n’a pas été bâti en un jour.” – French proverb
(Paris wasn’t built in one day.)
91. “Paris dicte la mode au monde entier.” – Maria Callas
(Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.)
Quotes About Paris: Final Thoughts
I hope that you enjoyed reading this post with the most beautiful quotes and Instagram captions about Paris.
There are many more, but you’d still be reading tomorrow if I included them all and I think these are the best ones.
Is one of your favourite quotes about Paris missing from this list? Let me know in the comments below and I might add it during the next update!
Need more inspiration? Check out my post with the best quotes about France next!
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