Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTENever touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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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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Hope costs nothing.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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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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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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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.
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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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