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Alphonse Karr
3 quotes
“Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.”
Alphonse Karr (1808–1890) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Les Guêpes, July 1848, vi
Also quoted by: French proverb (french)
“Si l'on veut abolir la peine de mort en ce cas, que MM. les assassins commencent: qu'ils ne tuent pas, on ne les tuera pas.”
Alphonse Karr (1808–1890) first seen 1849 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Les Guêpes, January 1849, vi.
“Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.”
Alphonse Karr (1808–1890) first seen 1853 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letters written from my garden", 1853