In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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If you can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

Writer or painter god-parents are notoriously unreliable. That is, there is certain before long to...

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There is no real reality to a really imagined life any more.

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an...

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that...

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage...