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Lillie Langtry
British
Actress
About the author
My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#HusbFrance
No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#World
#Being
On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#London
#Night
Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Being
#Treatment
#Flattery
Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Pain
#Sympathy
The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Gardens
The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Work
They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Night
#Beauty
#Famous
Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Want
#World
#Old
#Woman
I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Vision
#Limits
#Yesterday
#Memories
After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Being
#Singing
#Angels
You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Population
I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#End
It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Life
#Work
#Spirit
#Exercise
Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Dogs
#Hate
I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Now
#Age
I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Life
#Woman
#Happiness
#Lonely
#Memories
I do not regret one moment of my life.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Life
#Regret
I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Responsibility
#Houses
I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Acting
#Interest
#Racing
I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Blame
I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Flowers
I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Now
#Saying
#Old
#Shame
I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Life
#Lonely
Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Will
#England
It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#Time
#First
#Act
My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.
Lillie Langtry,
British
Actress
#England
#Quiet