On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us – ah! what a dream, to live in that! – the other stifles us at the first breath.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.
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I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
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