96 Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.

As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

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

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.