To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
For ages happiness has been represented as a huge precious stone, impossible to find, which people seek for hopelessly. It is not so; happiness… — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol,… — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women. — Delphine de Girardin Copy Share Image
