It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEOne keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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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.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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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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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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