Alphonse Karr

Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#gratitude #perspective #positive-thinking #rose

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#nature

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#choice #attitude

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#every #every man #exhibits #man #thinks

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#audacious #knew #men #more #think

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#avoided #composed #misfortunes

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#also #dreams #else #generous #includes

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#always #am #because #grumbling #i

We can invent only with memory. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#memory #only

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#had #haven #his #hope #i