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 arms, and gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me. — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.' — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons. — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts,… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
