history ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries.
Marthe BibescoChildren never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are sure to say, 'Do it again!
Marthe Bibescothose two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness.
Marthe Bibescocollections are amusing only in the making; afterwards they are like sporting prints without the sport. The sons of collectors inherit only the corpse of their fathers' satisfied passion.
Marthe Bibesco