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Results of search for Author: Colette - Page 1 of 1
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.: Colette (1873 - 1954)

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

We only do well the things we like doing.: Colette (1873 - 1954), Prisons and Paradise, 1932
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.: Colette (1873 - 1954), in New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1961
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.: Colette (1873 - 1954), The Pure and the Impure, 1932
- More quotations on: [Friendship] [Etiquette]
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.: Colette (1873 - 1954), Chance Acquaintances, 1952
- More quotations on: [Laughter] [Humor]
There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.: Colette (1873 - 1954), 'Freedom,' 1908
The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.: Colette (1873 - 1954), Paris From My Window, 1944
- More quotations on: [Travel]
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.: Colette (1873 - 1954), The Last of Cheri, 1926

Results from Classic Quotes:

Hope costs nothing.: Colette (1873 - 1954)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

We only do well the things we like doing.: Colette (1873 - 1954)

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