In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEJealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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 true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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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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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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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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So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Hope costs nothing.
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I went to collect the few personal belongings which. I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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