Ludwig Bemelmans Quotes

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• Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly…
• Only one who has known how troubled life can be, has a real appreciation of it when it is good
• The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others.
• It's always wonderful when something altogether wrong ends right, without the help of either religion or the police.
• To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your…
• I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done…
• In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines 74 lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.
• America is a land of healthy appetites. It is not in the American character to live in order to eat. Rather, the reverse is true.…
• Caviar is to dining what a sable coat is to a girl in evening dress.
• The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks:…
• I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly,…

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