Delphine de Girardin quotes
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“To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.”
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“For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness is a mosaic, composed of a thousand little stones, which separately and of themselves have little value, but which united with art form a graceful design.”
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“Business is other people's money.”
-- Delphine de GirardinSource : "Marguerite Ou Deux Amours". Book by Delphine de Girardin, Volume 2, 1852.
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“The best religion is the most tolerant.”
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“Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.”
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“Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.”
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“Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.”
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“There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.”
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“Eternal Inner Peace has to be cultivated daily.”
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“Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.”
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“Instinct is the nose of the mind.”
-- Delphine de GirardinSource : "Edge-tools of speech". Book by Maturin Murray Ballou, p. 44, 1899.
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“Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.”
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“Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved.”
-- Delphine de Girardin
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