Quotes by Alphonse Karr

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

“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.”

“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”

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

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

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

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

“The more things change the more they stay the same. (Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.)”

“Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits that which he has and that which he thinks he has.”

“The more things change the more they remain the same.”

“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.”

“The more things change the more they stay the same. (Plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose.)”

“Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits that which he has and that which he thinks he has.”

“The more things change the more they remain the same.”

“Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.”

“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.”