"You will do foolish things, but do them…" — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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80 Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette has 80 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.
We only do well the things we like doing.
A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
Writing only leads to more writing.
I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for…
Truffles must come to the table in their own stock and as you break open this jewel sprung from a…
There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.
The day after that wedding night I found that a distance of a thousand miles, abyss and discovery and irremediable…
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.
By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the…
Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from…
Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But…

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More Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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