You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEJanuary, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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There are no ordinary cats.
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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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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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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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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
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A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
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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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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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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.
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Don’t cudgel your brains over my little problems.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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