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A woman who thinks she is inte...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

A happy childhood is poor prep...

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

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

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

And what a delight it is to ma...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

But just as delicate fare does...

But just as delicate fare does not stop you from craving for saveloys, so tried and exquisite friendship does not take away your taste for something new and dubious.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

My true friends have always gi...

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

In the matter of furnishing, I...

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

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

Can it be that chance has made...

Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

The woman who thinks she is in...

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

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

A pretty little collection of ...

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

To a poet, silence is an accep...

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

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

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

Among all the modernized aspec...

Among all the modernized aspects of the most luxurious of industries, the model, a vestige of voluptuous barbarianism, is like some plunder-laden prey. She is the object of unbridled regard, a living bait, the passive realization of an ideal. No other female occupation contains such potent impulses to moral disintegration as this one, applying as it does the outward signs of riches to a poor and beautiful girl.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

I love my past, I love my pres...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

No temptation can ever be meas...

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

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

The lovesick, the betrayed, an...

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Gabrielle Colette 131 quotes

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