Guitry Quotes & Sayings

I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere. — Sacha Guitry

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't. — Sacha Guitry

What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one is speaking the truth because one says what one thinks. — Sacha Guitry

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us. — Sacha Guitry

Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction. — Sacha Guitry

Look after your wife; never mind yourself
she'll look after you. — Sacha Guitry

I have my ignorance to thank for the few things I know. — Sacha Guitry

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty. — Sacha Guitry

Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer. — Sacha Guitry

A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands. — Sacha Guitry

There are women whose infidelities are the only link they still have with their husbands. — Sacha Guitry

If the birth of a genius resembles that of an idiot, the end of a Havana Corona resembles that of a 5-cent cigar. — Sacha Guitry

One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others. — Sacha Guitry

Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume — Sacha Guitry

Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so — Sacha Guitry

The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place. — Sacha Guitry

Being a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there. — Sacha Guitry

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. — Sacha Guitry

The little I know I owe to my ignorance. — Sacha Guitry

The others were only my wives. But you, my dear, will be my widow. — Sacha Guitry

A quote from Sacha Guitry came to mind: 'Watching someone sleep is like reading a letter that is not addressed to you. — Antoine Laurain

Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer. — Sacha Guitry

The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile. — Sacha Guitry

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. — Sacha Guitry

If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he's serious, they look for a joke. — Sacha Guitry

Find someone to love ... and, oh, someone to love you. — Sacha Guitry

Our wisdom comes from our experience,
and our experience comes from our foolishness. — Sacha Guitry

With all the things I know, one could write a book ... Although, one
might also say that, considering all that I don't know, one could create
a library. — Sacha Guitry