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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Passionate Work
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Measurement Object Temptation Value
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm Fools Willing Yourself
The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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Herself Pride Time Virtue
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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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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Happiness Work Yourself
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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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Absence Humor Impossible Life
The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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Himself Time Traveling True
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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Give Up Herself Intelligence Man Right Thinking Woman
You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Change Notice Yourself
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Joy Love Myself Voice
Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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Brain Problem Yourself
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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Allow Excitement Finding Human Place Religion Tree

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