WIST Quotations

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives, cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:37:28 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:22:47 +0000

Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:22:38 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:21:21 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:34:33 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:49:25 +0000

It is easier to be generous than to be just.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:06:17 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:47:41 +0000

We learn nothing by being right.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:42:53 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:28:25 +0000

Our losses should frequently be put on the credit side.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:03:48 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:00:46 +0000

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

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)

Bibesco, Elizabeth -- Haven (1951)

Dave — Thu, 25 May 2017 16:50:06 +0000

A wise man weaves a philosophy out of each acceptance life forces upon him.

Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945) Romanian-English writer
Haven (1951)
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