A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTENever touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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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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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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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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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Time spent with a cat is never wasted.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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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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There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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