Sacha Guitry quotes:
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.
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What probably distorts everything in life is that one is convinced that one is speaking the truth because one says what one thinks.
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Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume
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Look after your wife; never mind yourself--she'll look after you.
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If the birth of a genius resembles that of an idiot, the end of a Havana Corona resembles that of a 5-cent cigar.
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If a playwright is funny, the English look for a serious message, and if he's serious, they look for a joke.
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Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction.
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Being a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there.
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Faults of ignorance are excusable only where the ignorance itself is so
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I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.
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With all the things I know, one could write a book... Although, one might also say that, considering all that I don't know, one could create a library.
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You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
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The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
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Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us
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Find someone to love . . . and, oh, someone to love you.
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I have my ignorance to thank for the few things I know.
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The others were only my wives. But you, my dear, will be my widow.
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There are women whose infidelities are the only link they still have with their husbands.
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Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer.