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> [Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselves. They know what is concealed beneath the flowers, and what the gossip, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/alas-we-are-the-victims-of-advertisement-those-who-taste-the-joys-and/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

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## More by Sarah Bernhardt

> [I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/i-adore-chicago-it-is-the-pulse-of-america/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/oscar-wilde-do-you-mind-if-i-smoke-sarah-bernhardt-i-don-t-care-if/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/the-theatre-is-the-involuntary-reflex-of-the-ideas-of-the-crowd/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/i-refuse-the-title-of-artist-to-those-who-owe-their-reputations-to-a/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/it-is-by-spending-oneself-that-one-becomes-rich/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/life-begets-life-energy-becomes-energy-it-is-by-spending-oneself-that/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/i-have-often-been-asked-why-i-am-so-fond-of-playing-male-parts-as-a/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/we-must-live-for-the-few-who-know-and-appreciate-us-who-judge-and/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [Legend remains victorious in spite of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/legend-remains-victorious-in-spite-of-history/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/it-is-in-spending-oneself-that-one-becomes-rich/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/to-be-a-good-actor-it-is-necessary-to-have-a-firmly-tempered-soul-to/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [Slow down? Rest? With all eternity before me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/slow-down-rest-with-all-eternity-before-me/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [The monster of advertisement...is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/the-monster-of-advertisement-is-a-sort-of-octopus-with-innumerable/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/i-have-thanks-to-my-travels-added-to-my-stock-all-the-superstitions/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

> [The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bernhardt/the-actor-is-too-prone-to-exaggerate-his-powers-he-wants-to-play/)

[Sarah Bernhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bernhardt/)

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