"We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them."

Source : Sarah Bernhardt (1968). “Memories of my life, being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist”

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