Marthe Bibesco Quotes & Sayings

Love always betrays its intentions. — Marthe Bibesco

That sunlight of the dead which is called literature. — Marthe Bibesco

Words express only the feelings we know already. — Marthe Bibesco

Those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. — Marthe Bibesco

The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty. — Marthe Bibesco

Collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse of their fathers' satisfied passion. — Marthe Bibesco

There are no nationalities in heaven. — Marthe Bibesco

The arts are good and providential in that they allow the soul to imitate the movements of love, and to feel love without its being returned - which, perhaps, is the only way of feeling it permanently. — Marthe Bibesco

Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are sure to say, 'Do it again! — Marthe Bibesco

History ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries. — Marthe Bibesco

The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation. — Marthe Bibesco

Marriage was a calamity, but it was not an occupation. — Marthe Bibesco

One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified ... — Marthe Bibesco