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Famous Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes
“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.”
“One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.”
“The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.”
“It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.”
“No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.”
“Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.”
“To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.”
“If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.”
“In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.”
“Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.”
“The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.”
“There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.”
“It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.”