But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.

Quote by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others...

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be...

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical...

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical...

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what...

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down...

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down...

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light...

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light...

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion...

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion...

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade...

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade...

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.