impossible n'est pas français

== French == === Etymology === Literally, “[the word] 'impossible' is not French”. According to the traditional account, this saying derives from a statement by Napoleon, when told by General Le Marois during the German Campaign of 1813 that he could no longer hold Magdeburg. Napoleon's response was: === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɔ.si.blə n‿ɛ pa fʁɑ̃.sɛ/ ~ /ɛ̃.pɔ.si.blə n‿ɛ pɑ fʁɑ̃.sɛ/ === Proverb === impossible n'est pas français there's no such word as can't; nothing is impossible