There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEA pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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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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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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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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Hope costs nothing.
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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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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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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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In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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