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

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Always Am Because Grumbling People Roses Some Some People Thankful Thorns I Am

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

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Evils Makes Moment Reality Regret Uncertainty Until Us Worst

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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.

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Also Dreams Else Generous Happiness Love Love Is Most Only Passions Someone Terrible Which

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The more things change, the more they are the same.

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Change More Same Things

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We can invent only with memory.

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Invent Memory Only

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

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Topics: Audacious Knew Men More Think Times Twenty Women Would

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Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Avoided Composed Happiness Misfortunes

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

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Accomplishment Beautiful Dream End Love Marriage Often Should Too

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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.

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Gather Had He His Hope Judge Know Lawyer Misfortune Picked Rehearsal Sleep Too Wife Yesterday

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

~Alphonse Karr

Topics: Abolish Death Death Penalty First First Step Friends Like Penalty See Should Step Taken

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Critic

Born: November 24th, 1808

Died: September 29th, 1890

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