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01Undated

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

02Undated

You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn't necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

03Undated

The Ten Commandments don't tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

04Undated

We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

05Undated

Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

06Undated

There is something very independent about French balloons - you feel you couldn't make a pet of one.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

07Undated

Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote

08Undated

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco / quote