Quotes from Alphonse Karr

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.

The more things change the more they remain the same.

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

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

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

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

One expresses well only the love he does not feel.

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.

We can invent only with memory.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.)

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

If women only knew the extent of their power!

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