Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

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

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

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

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The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who...

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

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

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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

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

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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.

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

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

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