“Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.”
Françoise Sagan book Dans un mois, dans un an
Dans un mois, dans un an (1957, Those Without Shadows, translated 1957)
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1900s, Maxims for Revolutionists (1903)
“Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.”
Françoise Sagan book Dans un mois, dans un an
Dans un mois, dans un an (1957, Those Without Shadows, translated 1957)
Colette (1873–1954) 1873-1954 French novelist: wrote Gigi
Journey for Myself (1971) “Beauties,” Quatre Saisons (c. 1928).
“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Der christliche Entschluss, die Welt hässlich und schlecht zu finden, hat die Welt hässlich und schlecht gemacht.
Sec. 130
The Gay Science (1882)
“Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.”
Coco Chanel (1883–1971) French fashion designer
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
“A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.”
John Galsworthy (1867–1933) English novelist and playwright
Maid in Waiting (1931), Ch. 3
Théophile Gautier book Mademoiselle de Maupin
Il n'y a de vraiment beau que ce qui ne peut servir à rien; tout ce qui est utile est laid.
Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835; Paris: Charpentier, 1866), Préface, p. 21; Burton Rascoe (trans.) Mademoiselle de Maupin, and One of Cleopatra's Nights (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1925) p. xxv.