A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTENo one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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There are no ordinary cats.
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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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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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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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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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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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