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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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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 the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Passionate Work
I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
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Attachment Casually Myself Mystery People Search
A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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Collection Man Terror Trade Weakness
The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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Acceptance Flattery Oneself Poet Silence

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