Alphonse Karr

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

7 Quotes

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

Alphonse Karr

Everyone has three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Alphonse Karr

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

Alphonse Karr

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more daring.

Alphonse Karr

We can invent only with memory.

Alphonse Karr

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

Alphonse Karr

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.

Alphonse Karr