Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEIf I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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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There are no ordinary cats.
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Hope costs nothing.
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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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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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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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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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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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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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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