96 Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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.

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

The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.

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

My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

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

If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.