Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco Quotes

We are bound to those we love by their imperfections their perfections help us to explain them to others.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

My soul has gained the freedom of the night.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

Perfect moments don't turn into half-hours.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

Death is part of this life and not of the next.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

To regret your sins of commission as much as your sins of omission is to prove yourself a most unworthy sinner.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

Our losses should frequently be put on the credit side.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

We learn nothing by being right.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

Each play worth seeing should be watched a second time on the faces of the audience.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

It is easier to be generous than to be just.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

What we buy belongs to us only when the price is forgotten.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

To be on a pedestal is to be in a corner.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

Those we love are entitled to resent the allowances we make for them.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how to develop our strengths.

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco

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

Elizabeth (Asquith) Bibesco