Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTELook for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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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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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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Hope costs nothing.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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