Alphonse Karr Quotes

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

Thankful, Roses, Thorns

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

Marriage, Love, Beautiful

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

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

Women, Men, Times

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

Three, Thinks, Characters

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
Alphonse Karr

Happiness, Avoided, Composed

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.
Alphonse Karr

Happiness, Love, Dreams

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

Reality, Regret, Moment

We can invent only with memory.
Alphonse Karr

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.
Alphonse Karr

Hope, Judge, Sleep

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

Death, Friends, Step

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.
Alphonse Karr

Others, Virtue, Consists

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Critic

Born: November 24, 1808

Died: September 29, 1890

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