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Colette
I love my past, I
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.
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Gabriel García Márquez
Injections are the best thing
Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
405
Colette
My true friends have always
My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
99
Colette
Researchers, with science as their
Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut -- Animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph... Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?
102
Colette
But just as delicate fare
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.
103
Colette
In the matter of furnishing,
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
95
Colette
It's nothing to be born
It's nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.
109
Colette
The woman who thinks she
The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.
110
Colette
Girls usually have a paper
Girls usually have a paper m‚chÈ face on their wedding day.
114
Colette
Smokers, male and female, inject
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
106
Colette
Can it be that chance
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?
126
Coventry Patmore
Every evil is some good
Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.
61
Vikrant Parsai
If you have people then
If you have people then you are richer than those who have only money.
101
Vikrant Parsai
Many people in the world
Many people in the world are killed by supper rather than by the sword.
112
Vikrant Parsai
Hello my little sunny it
Hello my little sunny it is money that begets money.
122
Vikrant Parsai
If someone hates you, don’t
If someone hates you, don’t let them find you hateful.
62
Vikrant Parsai
Death does not come free
Death does not come free of charge, for it costs us our life.
101
Vikrant Parsai
It is easy to die,
It is easy to die, anyone can die anywhere -- the difficulty lies in living.
113
Vikrant Parsai
If you serve everybody, you
If you serve everybody, you will get thanks from nobody.
127
Vikrant Parsai
You will find many to
You will find many to like you if you keep making a fool of yourself.
108
Vikrant Parsai
Don’t take advice from people
Don’t take advice from people while building a house otherwise you will have a crooked house.
50
Vikrant Parsai
He who knows how to
He who knows how to beg can always leave his money at home.
98
Vikrant Parsai
A person who takes warning
A person who takes warning from the mishaps of others will always be happy.
106
Vikrant Parsai
If you have no money
If you have no money in your pocket, then you should have fair words on your lips.
109
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