Among the most famous French lovers there are:

Napoleon and Josephine: "…You know well that I do not forget the small visits; you know well, the small black forest. I give him a thousand kisses and I wait impatiently for the moment to be there. All yours, life, happiness, pleasure are only what you make them. To live in a Josephine is to live in the Elysium. Victor Hugo and Juliette Drouet, Prévert and Claudy, George Sand and Musset, Piaf and Cerdan, Apollinaire and Lou: "Lou, once again I don't want you to be handcuffed too often. I will be jealous of your finger. I want you to tell me when you've been handcuffed and resist a little. I will be forced to correct you. You make no effort on this side. You are wonderfully pretty; I don't want you to fade by exhausting yourself with solitary pleasures. I want to see you again fresh, otherwise you will be slapped like a schoolboy who has jerked off instead of learning his lessons…", Camille Claudel and Rodin, Verlaine and Rimbaud.