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# Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stag

##  Quotes by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

> [“Love is not an honorable sentiment”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidonie-gabrielle-colette-2/love-is-not-an-honorable-sentiment/)

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

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> [“To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidonie-gabrielle-colette-2/to-be-astonished-is-one-of-the-surest-ways-of-not-growing-old-too/)

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

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