Georges Courteline quotes

Georges Courteline quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“One of the most obvious results of having a baby around the house is to turn two good people into complete idiots who probably wouldn't have been much worse than mere imbeciles without it.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Baby Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes
“If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Greed Quotes #Unbearable Quotes #Permit Quotes
“If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable.”
-- Georges Courteline

#People Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Unbearable Quotes
“To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Stupidity Quotes #Delight Quotes #Fool Quotes
“A woman never sees what we do for her, she only sees what we don't do.”
-- Georges Courteline
“It is very hard to be in love with someone who no longer loves you, but it is far worse to be loved by someone with whom you are no longer in love.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Love Quotes #Dream Quotes #Love You Quotes
“It is obviously quite difficult to be no longer loved when we are still in love, but it is incomparably more painful to be loved when we ourselves no longer love.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Painful Quotes #Still In Love Quotes #Difficult Quotes
“One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they would perhaps have remained mere imbeciles.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Children Quotes #Parent Quotes #Imbeciles Quotes
“Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Women Quotes #Tears Quotes #Responsible Quotes
“Wasting one's youth is better than doing nothing at all with it.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Doing Nothing Quotes #Youth Quotes
“Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.”
-- Georges Courteline

#Men Quotes #Three Quotes #Four Quotes

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