Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThere 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.
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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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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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I’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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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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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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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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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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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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Is suffering so very serious? …I’m referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It’s extremely painful… hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain… is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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