Delphine De Girardin Quotes

#1. Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.

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#2. Business is other people's money.

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#3. Eternal Inner Peace has to be cultivated daily.

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#4. 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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#5. The best religion is the most tolerant.

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#6. Instinct is the nose of the mind.

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#7. 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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#8. Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.

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#9. Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved.

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#10. There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.

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#11. Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

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#12. 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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#13. Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

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