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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Hope costs nothing.
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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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