Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
age
A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
equality
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.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
freedom
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
friendship
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
humor
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
jealousy
Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
jealousy
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
life
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.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
sad
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
-Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
wisdom
Other Authors to Explore
James Bovard
Katie Holmes
Jim Ramstad
Ione Skye
Liev Schreiber
Jean Claude Duvalier
Thomas Vilsack
Bethenny Frankel