No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEYou must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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.
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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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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I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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