Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

French writer

Lived from: 1873 - 1954

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 28 january 1873 Died: 3 august 1954

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  • The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
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  • The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.
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  • There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
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  • To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
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  • Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: ''It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss... ''
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  • What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
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  • You do not notice changes in what is always before you.
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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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  • You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
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  • The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.
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