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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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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On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us – ah! what a dream, to live in that! – the other stifles us at the first breath.
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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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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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The 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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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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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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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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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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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Joy Love Myself Voice

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