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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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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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Hope costs nothing.
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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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I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no past and no name, and where I shall be born again with a new face and an untried heart.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.
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By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet.
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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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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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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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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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