Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes

French - Novelist January 28, 1873 - August 3, 1954

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Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

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

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

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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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In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.

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

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

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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.

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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

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Sabine Baring-Gould Quotes

English - Clergyman January 28, 1834 - January 2, 1924

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Henry Morton Stanley Quotes

Welsh - Explorer January 28, 1841 - May 10, 1904

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Jose Marti Quotes

Cuban - Activist January 28, 1853 - May 19, 1895

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Ismail Kadare Quotes

Albanian - Novelist Born: January 28, 1936

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Alan Alda Quotes

American - Actor Born: January 28, 1936

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Ken Hill Quotes

British - Playwright January 28, 1937 - January 23, 1995

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