You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

Quote by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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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...

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at...

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at...

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

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

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

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of...

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of...

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments...

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments...

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

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

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

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

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

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...

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...

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets...

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets...

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...

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.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that...

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that...

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is...

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is...

It is by chance we met by choice we became friends.

It is by chance we met by choice we became friends.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.

Have no friends not equal to yourself.