jean Quotes

“Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.”

“I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.”

“I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?”

“A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aide may contribute to the advancement of his fortune.”

“The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.”

“It is fortunate to come of distinguished ancestry. - It is not less so to be such that people do not care to inquire whether you are of high descent or not.”

“Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.”

“A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.”

“Silence is the wit of fools.”

“Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house.”