Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Elsa Triolet

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French writer Elsa Triolet.
Last updated on April 16, 2025.
Elsa Triolet

Elsa Triolet was a Russian-French writer and translator.

Tolerance enlarges the circle of our acquaintances.
You can kill time or kill yourself, it comes to the same thing in the end.
There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust. — © Elsa Triolet
There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust.
There's no place where one can breathe as freely as on the deck of a ship.
To be a prophet it is sufficient to be a pessimist.
Justice, like vengeance, is not good eaten cold.
Time burns but leaves no ashes.
I love the melody of an unknown language, the strange food, all the surprises of a strange town, and my own impatience and curiosity ... I love traveling as others love the gaming table; I anticipate a new place as others anticipate the next number to come up.
Do not be astonished at anything, even happiness.
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