Louise Colet Quotes & Sayings

#1. You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just let yourself go.

#2. Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.

#3. The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.

#4. Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!

#5. Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.

#6. When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.

#7. Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.

#8. It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.

#9. The laws of decency enforce themselves.

#10. Coquetry is the art of successful deception.

#11. Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.

#12. Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.

Louise Colet Quotes