Elsa Schiaparelli Quotes

Some women succeed at being strong and also tender, but most of those who have intended to walk alone, making their own way, have lost their happiness.

Elsa Schiaparelli

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• Strong
• Lost
• Alone

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• Some women succeed at being strong and also tender, but most of those who have intended to walk alone, making their own way, have lost their happiness.

  

  Elsa Schiaparelli
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Lost