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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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Despair Expectation Miracle Myself Willing
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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Believe Call Honor Suffering Urgent Wasted Time
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Flower Modesty Sincere Spontaneous
We only do well the things we like doing.
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Passionate Work
I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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Art Finding Myself Voice
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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Friendship Mechanism Polite Wisdom
The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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Character Husband Marriage Mistake Virtue Wife
I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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Appetite Myself Professional Training World
I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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Love Myself Short
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Measurement Object Temptation Value
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
You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Change Notice Yourself
The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
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Day Distance Finding Myself Separate
When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Clothes Herself Raise
A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Gratitude Kindness Prodigy Understand
There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Blue People Wine

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