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