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Alphonse Karr Quotes

1808–1890 France

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (November 24, 1808 – September 29, 1890) was a French critic, journalist and novelist.

France
Journalists
Novelists
Satirists

Also known as: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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A woman who writes commits two sins: she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women.

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

The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.

A young girl's beauty should speak to the soul and to the imagination, and not to the senses like the beauty of women.

If one wants to abolish the death penalty in this case, Messrs. murderers should take the first step: they do not kill, we will not kill them.

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alphonse Karr (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.