You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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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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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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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 went to collect the few personal belongings which. I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
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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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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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