I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTETime spent with a cat is never wasted.
More Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
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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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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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I have found my voice again and the art of using it.
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You don’t think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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I want nothing from love, in short, but love.
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Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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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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That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
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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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January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer’s forehead.
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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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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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