I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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We only do well the things we like doing.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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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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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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