history ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries.
One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified. - Marthe Bibesco
One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified.
- Marthe Bibesco
Words express only the feelings we know already. - Marthe Bibesco
Words express only the feelings we know already.
The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation. - Marthe Bibesco
The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.
... love always betrays its intentions. - Marthe Bibesco
... love always betrays its intentions.
those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. - Marthe Bibesco
those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness.
collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corps… - Marthe Bibesco
collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corps…
The arts are good and providential in that they allow the soul to imitate the movements of love, and to feel love without its being returned - which,… - Marthe Bibesco
The arts are good and providential in that they allow the soul to imitate the movements of love, and to feel love without its being returned - which,…
The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty. - Marthe Bibesco
The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty.
Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are … - Marthe Bibesco
Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are …
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