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Colette

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

Gabriel García Márquez

Injections are the best thing

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.
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Colette

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.
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Colette

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?
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Colette

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.
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Colette

Colette

In the matter of furnishing,

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
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Colette

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.
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Colette

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.
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Colette

Colette

Girls usually have a paper

Girls usually have a paper m‚chÈ face on their wedding day.
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Colette

Colette

Smokers, male and female, inject

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
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Colette

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?
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Coventry Patmore

Coventry Patmore

Every evil is some good

Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

If you have people then

If you have people then you are richer than those who have only money.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Many people in the world

Many people in the world are killed by supper rather than by the sword.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Hello my little sunny it

Hello my little sunny it is money that begets money.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

If someone hates you, don’t

If someone hates you, don’t let them find you hateful.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Death does not come free

Death does not come free of charge, for it costs us our life.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

It is easy to die,

It is easy to die, anyone can die anywhere -- the difficulty lies in living.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

If you serve everybody, you

If you serve everybody, you will get thanks from nobody.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

You will find many to

You will find many to like you if you keep making a fool of yourself.
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Vikrant Parsai

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.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

He who knows how to

He who knows how to beg can always leave his money at home.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

A person who takes warning

A person who takes warning from the mishaps of others will always be happy.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

If you have no money

If you have no money in your pocket, then you should have fair words on your lips.
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