Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTEI want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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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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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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If he’s getting married, he’s not longer interesting.
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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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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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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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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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