Alphonse Karr

We can invent only with memory.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.

The more things change, the more they are the same.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

Some people grumble that roses have thorns I am grateful that thorns have roses.

Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw it is beauty.