Alphonse Karr

Journalist and novelist

1808-11-24 – 1890-09-29

Alphonse Karr was a French critic, journalist, and novelist known for satirical writing and aphoristic commentary.

Quotes by Alphonse Karr

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
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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.
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Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
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Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
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If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.
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Some people are always complaining that roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
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The more things change, the more they remain the same.
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The more things change, the more they are the same.
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Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
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Some people are always grumbling that roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
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Women's glances express what they dare not speak.
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