It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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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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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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The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable metamorphosis, separated me from the day before.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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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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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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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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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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