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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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Acceptance Gratitude Myself
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
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Absence Shape Thinking Time True
When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Clothes Herself Raise
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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Happiness Hurt Observation Pain Self Love Time Yourself
A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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Collection Man Terror Trade Weakness
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
There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Blue People Wine
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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Friendship Mechanism Polite Wisdom
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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Bad Children Occasional Parents Place Polite
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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Measurement Object Temptation Value
That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Joy Love Myself Voice
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
In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
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Early Insomnia Refuge Stage Suffering Thinking
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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Drugs Excuse Light Male Smoking
Writing only leads to more writing.
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One Liner Poet Writing
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm Fools Willing Yourself

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