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date: 24 June 2025

Brigitte Bardot 1934– 
French actress 

  1. It is better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.
    in Observer 18 February 1968
  2. I leave before being left. I decide.
    in Newsweek 5 March 1973
  3. It's sad to grow old—but nice to ripen.
    Tony Crawley Bébé: the Films of Brigitte Bardot (1975)
  4. I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
    attributed, June 1987