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Delphine de Girardin

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To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.


— Delphine de Girardin


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Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.


— Delphine de Girardin


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Business is other people's money.


— Delphine de Girardin


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Instinct is the nose of the mind.


— Delphine de Girardin


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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.


— Delphine de Girardin


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Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.


— Delphine de Girardin


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The best religion is the most tolerant.


— Delphine de Girardin


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About Delphine de Girardin






Did you know about Delphine de Girardin?

Delphine's marriage in 1831 to Émile de Girardin opened up a new literary career. Contes d'une vieille fille a ses neveux (1832) La Canne de Monsieur de Balzac (1836) and Il ne faut pas jouer avec la douleur (1853) are among the best-known of her romances; and her dramatic pieces in prose and verse include L'École des journalistes (1840) Judith (1843) Cléopâtre (1847) Lady Tartufe (1853) and the one-act comedies C'est la faute du mari (1851) La Joie fait peur (1854) Le Chapeau d'un horloger (1854) and Une Femme qui deteste son mari which did not appear till after the author's death which occurred in Paris.

Her collected works were publiDelphine de Girardind in six volumes (1860-1861). She publiDelphine de Girardind two volumes of miscellanea Essais poetiques (1824) and Nouveaux Essais poétiques (1825). Her mother the well-known Madame Sophie Gay brought her up in the midst of a brilliant literary society.

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