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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Brain Problem Yourself
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Bad Children Occasional Parents Place Polite
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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Give Up Herself Intelligence Man Right Thinking Woman
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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Allow Excitement Finding Human Place Religion Tree
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Betrayal Heart Broken Jealous
Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Humble Jealous Low Sight
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Believe Call Honor Suffering Urgent Wasted Time
On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us – ah! what a dream, to live in that! – the other stifles us at the first breath.
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Breathe Choice Planet Temptation
I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Love Myself Short
I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Attachment Casually Myself Mystery People Search
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Absence Shape Thinking Time True
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.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Book Myself Necessary Presence Reading
The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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Himself Time Traveling True
At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Cloak Comfortable Dirty Leadership Warm
I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE

Art Finding Myself Voice
The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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Character Husband Marriage Mistake Virtue Wife

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