Louise Colet Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.”
-- Louise Colet

#Pain #Foolish

“Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.”
-- Louise Colet

#Memories #Past #People

“It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.”
-- Louise Colet

#Half #Ill

“The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.”
-- Louise Colet

#Mirrors #Sometimes #Bliss

“Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.”
-- Louise Colet

#Men #Doubt #Devotion

“Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.”
-- Louise Colet

#Manners #Discord

“The laws of decency enforce themselves.”
-- Louise Colet

#Law #Decency

“Coquetry is the art of successful deception.”
-- Louise Colet

#Art #Successful #Deception

“Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!”
-- Louise Colet

#Enthusiasm #Increase #Decrease

“Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.”
-- Louise Colet

#Heart #Imagination

“When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.”
-- Louise Colet

#Greatness #Pedestal #Dimensions

“Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.”
-- Louise Colet

#Art #Successful #Flirting