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Look for a long time at what p...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

A kindly gesture bestowed by u...

A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

There are no ordinary cats....

There are no ordinary cats.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

I am indebted to the cat for a...

I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

We only do well the things we ...

We only do well the things we like doing.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

If he's getting married, he's ...

If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

No one asked you to be happy. ...

No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

I've entered the world of wine...

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

Jealousy is not at all low, bu...

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

I went to collect the few pers...

I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

The only virtue on which I pri...

The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside her pen.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

There is no need to waste pity...

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.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

As for an authentic villain, t...

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

Sit down and put down everythi...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

On this narrow planet, we have...

On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us - ah! what a dream, to live in that! - the other stifles us at the first breath.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

The true traveler is he who go...

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

Smokers, male and female, inje...

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

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

One keeps forgetting old age u...

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

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

It is wise to apply the oil of...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

You must not pity me because m...

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.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....