Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI’ve entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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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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If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.
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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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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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