French - Novelist | January 28, 1873 - August 3, 1954
Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
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The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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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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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
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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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You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
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