Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEA woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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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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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
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