Louise Colet famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Louise Colet

#Pain #Foolish
Misfortune comes to people who live only on the memory of their past grandeur.
-- Louise Colet

#Memories #Past #People
It is better not to be loved than to be ill-loved or half-loved.
-- Louise Colet

#Half #Ill
The happiest woman sees not gladness alone reflected from her mirror; its surface will inevitably be sometimes dimmed with sighs.
-- Louise Colet

#Mirrors #Sometimes #Bliss
Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.
-- Louise Colet

#Men #Doubt #Devotion
Untimely conduct is the discord of manners.
-- Louise Colet

#Manners #Discord
The laws of decency enforce themselves.
-- Louise Colet

#Law #Decency
Coquetry is the art of successful deception.
-- Louise Colet

#Art #Successful #Deception
Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!
-- Louise Colet

#Enthusiasm #Increase #Decrease
Before we love with our heart, we already love with our imagination.
-- Louise Colet

#Heart #Imagination
When greatness descends from its lofty pedestal, it assumes human dimensions.
-- Louise Colet

#Greatness #Pedestal #Dimensions
Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception.
-- Louise Colet

#Art #Successful #Flirting

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