Natalie Clifford Barney quotes
7 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Natalie Clifford Barney wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around.
To judge a man, take him out of his world; to judge a woman, give her one.Pour juger d'un homme, sortez-le de son milieu; pour juger d'une femme, donnez-lui le sien.
Motherhood? The child too confines the woman to itself, and then leaves her.La maternité? L'enfant aussi limite à lui la femme,—et puis la délaisse.
We learn only what we already know.On n'apprend que ce que l'on sait.
My lyricism: an exactness.Mon lyrisme: une exactitude.
Whoever speaks against has nothing to say. Why demolish, when you can surpass? You confine yourself to what you attack, and prove nothing but your own limits.Qui parle «contre» n'a rien à dire. Pourquoi démolir, lorsqu'on peut surpasser? On se limite à ce qu'on attaque et l'on ne prouve que ses limitations.
A fine book is never used up, and a fine book never uses us up.On n'épuise jamais un beau livre, et un beau livre ne nous épuise pas.
Youth is not a question of age: one is young or old from birth.La jeunesse n'est pas une question d'âge: on est jeune ou vieux de naissance.
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