Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEWriting only leads to more writing.
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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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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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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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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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Is suffering so very serious? …I’m referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It’s extremely painful… hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain… is no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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