Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEDon’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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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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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.
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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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