There are no ordinary cats.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThe only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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Hope costs nothing.
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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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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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A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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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