those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
collections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse… — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
history ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will,… — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
The arts are good and providential in that they allow the soul to imitate the movements of love, and to feel love without its… — Marthe Bibesco Copy Share Image
