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> [Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/be-pretty-if-you-can-be-witty-if-you-must-but-be-gracious-if-it-kills/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

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## More by Elsie de Wolfe

> [You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/you-will-express-yourself-in-your-house-whether-you-want-to-or-not/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/i-was-not-ugly-i-might-never-be-anything-for-men-to-lose-their-heads/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [don't make each room a different color in a small apartment or you'll make yourself nervous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/don-t-make-each-room-a-different-color-in-a-small-apartment-or-you-ll/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/my-business-is-to-preach-to-you-the-beauty-of-suitability/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/there-never-has-been-a-house-so-bad-that-it-couldn-t-be-made-over/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/i-was-born-with-the-courage-to-live-only-those-are-unwise-who-have/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [You can't take it with you. There are no pockets in a shroud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/you-can-t-take-it-with-you-there-are-no-pockets-in-a-shroud/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [ \[At first sight of the Acropolis:\] It's beige! My color! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/at-first-sight-of-the-acropolis-it-s-beige-my-color/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/i-am-going-to-make-everything-around-me-beautiful-that-will-be-my-life/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [What is the goal? A house that is like the life that goes with it, a house that gives us beauty as we understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/what-is-the-goal-a-house-that-is-like-the-life-that-goes-with-it-a/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/i-am-going-in-now-for-interior-decoration-by-that-i-mean-supplying/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [It is not chic to be too chic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/it-is-not-chic-to-be-too-chic/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/when-one-begins-to-think-of-oneself-as-growing-old-one-is-already-old/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/good-dressing-is-largely-a-question-of-detail-and-accessories/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

> [It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-de-wolfe/it-is-the-personality-of-the-mistress-that-the-home-expresses-men-are/)

[Elsie de Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-de-wolfe/)

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