Elizabeth Bibesco

“Irony is the hygiene of the mind.”

“You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in a feather boa just as well as without, and a mild interest in the length of hemlines doesn't necessarily disqualify you from reading Das Kapital and agreeing with every word.”

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.”