Arsène Houssaye Quotes

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Seize all the joy you can that robs no other. Sleep in peace, play in jolly earnest, wag well and mean it, and finally, be happy always. The more I see of dogs the less I think of men. Whoever beats dogs loves not man.

Arsène Houssaye

Have you not sometimes seen happiness? Yes, the happiness of others.

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Whoever embarks with a woman embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats.

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What man seeks in love is woman; what woman seeks in man is love.

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Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital.

Arsène Houssaye

Women live only in the emotion that love gives. An old lady confessed that she had loved much, when young: "Ah!" she exclaimed, "the exquisite pain of those days!"

Arsène Houssaye

Arsène Houssaye

Arsène Houssaye

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Born: March 28, 1815

Died: February 26, 1896 (aged 80)

Bio: Arsène Houssaye was a French novelist, poet and man of letters.

Known for:

Philosophers and actresses
Men and Women of the Eighteenth Century (1852)
Voyage a ma fene tre (1851)
Philosophers and Actresses

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