Alexandre Père
Alexandre Père
consists friendship friends-or-friendship receives
Friendship consists in forgetting; what one gives, and remembering what one receives
dreams happening happens people received remember wound
The same thing is happening to me as happens to people in dreams when they see and feel a wound but can't remember having received it.
associate dating level minds raised whom women
Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate
anger angry people vent whom wish
There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen
achieve half impossible love
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
prefer rest rogues
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
hope human wait wisdom words
All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope
great inspires men-and-women prevents woman
It is often woman who inspires us with the great things that she prevents us from accomplishing
becomes eruption mention volcano word
Once mention the word independence, or that of Italy, and he ( Giuseppe Garibaldi) becomes a volcano in eruption
arbitrary custom fashion laws outrage today tomorrow transient
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws
carry chain difficulty heavy takes three
The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it - sometimes three
good heart surgeon
A good surgeon operates with his hand, not with his heart