Reticences are as revealing as avowals. Elizabeth Bibesco More Quotes by Elizabeth Bibesco More Quotes From Elizabeth Bibesco Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. Elizabeth Bibesco thank-youpositiveinspirational The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see. Elizabeth Bibesco strangermind Seeing through is rarely seeing into. Elizabeth Bibesco seeing You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn't necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word. Elizabeth Bibesco holocaustfeministreading It is never good dwelling on good-byes ... it is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting. Elizabeth Bibesco being-alonebyelove Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list. Elizabeth Bibesco inventoryjoyhappiness Talk about the joys of the unexpected, can they compare with the joys of the expected, of finding everything delightfully and completely what you knew it was going to be? Elizabeth Bibesco compareunexpectedjoy To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing. Elizabeth Bibesco castsperformersfriendship My soul has gained the freedom of the night Elizabeth Bibesco my-soulsoulnight Irony is the hygiene of the mind. Elizabeth Bibesco hygieneironymind Endurance is frequently a form of indecision. Elizabeth Bibesco enduranceindecisionform The Ten Commandments don't tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head. Elizabeth Bibesco ten-commandmentsideasreligion Perfect moments don't turn into half-hours. Elizabeth Bibesco momentshalfperfect To some people the impossible is impossible. Elizabeth Bibesco impossiblepeople Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words? Elizabeth Bibesco right-wordshelping What we buy belongs to us only when the price is forgotten. Elizabeth Bibesco forgotten He is invariably in a hurry being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life. Elizabeth Bibesco tributehastepay It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room. Elizabeth Bibesco lastsdoorsmen We learn nothing by being right. Elizabeth Bibesco Entertaining is one method of avoiding people. It is very often the negation of hospitality. Elizabeth Bibesco hospitalitymethodpeople
