January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTETime spent with a cat is never wasted.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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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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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
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Never touch a butterfly’s wing with your finger.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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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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Hope costs nothing.
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We only do well the things we like doing.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.
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No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
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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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At the top of the iron staircase leading to the stage, the good, dry, dusty warmth wraps me round like a comfortable dirty cloak.
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Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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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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