At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEThere are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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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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There are no ordinary cats.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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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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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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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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