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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 Colette

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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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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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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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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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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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Happiness Work Yourself
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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Is suffering so very serious? …I’m referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It’s extremely painful… hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain… is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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