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At sixty-three years of age, less a quarter, one still has plans.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.
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Herself Pride Time Virtue
There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
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Blue People Wine
My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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Evidence Friendship Love Man Myself True
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
One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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Age Forget Grave Old
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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Absence Humor Impossible Life
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Happiness Oneself Wisdom
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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Despair Expectation Miracle Myself Willing
If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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Himself Interesting Marriage
We only do well the things we like doing.
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Passionate Work
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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Breathe Choice Planet Temptation
I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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Life Lost Love Myself Past Present Sadness Shame Time
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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Betrayal Heart Broken Jealous
The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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Character Husband Marriage Mistake Virtue Wife
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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Admit Literature Nourishment Sincere
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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Astonishment Finding Growth Quick Yourself

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