The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEDon’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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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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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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You 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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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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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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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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