Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIs 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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
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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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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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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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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 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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A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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