Colette Short Quotes

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Those pleasures so lightly called physical.

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But once I had set out, I was already far on my way.

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

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How pure are those who have never forced anything open!

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I know you! Your motto is 'Silk socks and dubious feet.'

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You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

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Towards the end I looked like a rat dragging a stolen egg.

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My cat does not talk as respectfully to me as I do to her.

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A wild beast has no need to leap in order to promote fear.

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And there is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask.

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It is, alas, only the first forgiveness which is difficult.

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It is man who has affixed the word 'wild' to the name animal.

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Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower, nor is modesty either.

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The world of the emotions that are so lightly called physical.

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

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

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Don't ever wear artistic jewellry; it wrecks a woman's reputation.

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When one loves in a certain way, even betrayals become unimportant.

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My virtue's still far too small, I don't trot it out and about yet.

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

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What a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised!

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The telephone shone as brightly as a weapon kept polished by daily use.

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The power of sonorous language is great, it goes to the gates of death.

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What an interesting life I had. And how I wish I had realized it sooner!

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Jealousy leaves no time to be bored; does it even leave time to grow old?

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When one can read, can penetrate the enchanted realm of books, why write?

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To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.

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Love comes disguised as a thunderbolt and often vanishes at the same pace.

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When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes.

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I instinctively like to acquire and store up what looks like outlasting me.

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