Noble Quotes by Delphine de Girardin

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.

— Delphine de Girardin

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

Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.

— Delphine de Girardin

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

The best religion is the most tolerant.

— Delphine de Girardin

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

— Delphine de Girardin

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

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

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

— Delphine de Girardin

Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

— Delphine de Girardin

Business is other people's money.

— Delphine de Girardin

Eternal Inner Peace has to be cultivated daily.

— Delphine de Girardin