53 ordspråk av Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime / I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
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It's nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.
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It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.
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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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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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Music is love in search of a word.
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Music is love in search of a word.
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My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
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Real poverty is lack of books
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Real poverty is lack of books
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