Sacha Guitry quotes
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“When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.”
-- Sacha GuitrySource : "Book of Humorous Quotations" edited by Connie Robertson, (p. 83), 1998.
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“I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.”
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“Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.”
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“Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume”
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“A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.”
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“The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.”
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“An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.”
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“The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.”
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“Find someone to love . . . and, oh, someone to love you.”
-- Sacha GuitrySource : Sacha Guitry (1921). “Deburau, a Comedy”, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons
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“You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.”
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“The others were only my wives. But you, my dear, will be my widow.”
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“One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.”
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“Look after your wife; never mind yourself--she'll look after you.”
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“There are women whose infidelities are the only link they still have with their husbands.”
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“Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction.”
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“I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.”
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“What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one is speaking the truth because one says what one thinks.”
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“Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer.”
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“Being a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there.”
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“With all the things I know, one could write a book... Although, one might also say that, considering all that I don’t know, one could create a library.”
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“Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so”
-- Sacha Guitry
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