10 Quotes by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Les roses de SaadiJ'ai voulu ce matin te rapporter des roses ;Mais j'en avais tant pris dans mes ceintures closesQue les noeuds trop serrés n'ont pu les contenir.Les noeuds ont éclaté. Les roses envoléesDans le vent, à la mer s'en sont toutes allées.Elles ont suivi l'eau pour ne plus revenir ;La vague en a paru rouge et comme enflammée.Ce soir, ma robe encore en est tout embaumée...Respires-en sur moi l'odorant souvenir.

The Roses of Saadi I wanted you to have roses this morn, And stuffed a lot of them in my snug dress, In my tight belt I could not all shoehorn. The knots gave way, and threw them all around, To wind and sea they were all gone forlorn To flow with water, never will come round. The waves were crimson red as if on fire. This eve my dress is drenched in their fragrance, Breathe it and keep it to your heart's desire.

Two hearts in love need no words.

Are we not like two volumes of one book?

Why are our joys remembered more bitter than our woes?

You had my heart, and I yours; a heart for a heart, good fortune for good fortune.

We must make our lives as we sew, stitch by stitch.

Par toi tout le bonheur que m’offre l’avenir Est dans mon souvenir. Through you, all the happiness that the future offers Is in my memory.

Money demoralizes even the giver.