Porcelain styles, and there are several modern industrial manufacturers. These exported Chinese porcelains were held in such great esteem in Europe that in English "china" became a commonly–used synonym for the Italian term "porcelain". The first mention of porcelain in Europe is in "Il Milione" by Marco Polo in XII sec. Apart from copying Chinese porcelain in "faience" (tin glazed earthenware), the soft-paste Medici porcelain in 16th-century Florence was the first real European attempt to reproduce it, with little success. Early in the 16th century, Portuguese traders returned home with samples of kaolin, which they discovered in China to be essential
Travail, famille, patrie Travail, famille, patrie Travail, famille, patrie (; "") was the tripartite motto of the French State (usually known as Vichy France) during World War II. It replaced the republican motto, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" of the Third French Republic. The Law of 10 July 1940 gave Marshal Pétain full powers to draw up a constitution before being submitted to the Nation and guaranteeing "the rights of Work, of the Family and of the Homeland ("la Patrie")". That constitution was never promulgated. In the "Revue des deux Mondes" ("Two Worlds Magazine") of 15 September 1940, Marshal Pétain wrote this repudiation of the