Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Colette () was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954).

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

Tags: Number

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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

Tags: Woman, Same, She

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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

Tags: Small, Big, Exchange

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

Tags: Still, Others, Wine

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Tags: Life, Impossible, Absence

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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

Tags: Jealous, Betrayed, Smell

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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

Tags: Down, Sight, Humbled

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

Tags: Wish, Wonderful, Realized

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Tags: Happy, Wise

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette