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Alphonse Karr

Alphonse Karr

Born: November 24, 1808

Died: September 29, 1890

Nationality: French

Profession: Critic

About Alphonse Karr

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808–1890) was a French critic, journalist, and novelist known for his sharp wit and satirical style. He was editor of Le Figaro and founded the influential journal "Les Guêpes" (The Wasps), which was famous for its biting commentary. His writings and quotes often offer a witty and insightful perspective on society and life in 19th-century France.

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Notable Works & Achievements

Achievements: Editor of Le Figaro
Founded the journal 'Les Guêpes'

Quotes by Alphonse Karr

"Dress is the great business of all women, and the fixed idea of some."

"We can invent only with memory."

"One expresses well only the love he does not feel."

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

"Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness."

"Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable."

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

"Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses."

"All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have."

"Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others."

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

"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."

"Women's glances express what they dare not speak."

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

"If women only knew the extent of their power!"

"Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin."

"Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom."

"Friendship between two women is always a plot against another one."

"Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided."

"If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty."

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

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

"Flowing water is at once a picture and a music, which causes to flow at the same time from my brain, like a limpid and murmuring rivulet, sweet thoughts, charming reveries, and melancholy remembrances."

"A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked."

"Though we have two eyes, we are supplied with but one tongue. Draw your own moral."

"The more the change, the more it is the same thing."

"I am thankful that thorns have roses."

"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."

"A woman who writes commits two sins; she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women."

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."