Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Colette) Quotes
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
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Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
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When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.
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I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys.
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In a basic sense, 'A Little Life' is a homage to how my friends and I live our lives. I wanted to push past the definitions of how we typically define friendship. It's a different version of adulthood, but it's no less important and no less legitimate than anyone else's.
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Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
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During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
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Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
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No thought for the hereafter have the wise, for on this very earth they live in paradise
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Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
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And what has been hidden from the wise and the prudent been revealed in the mouth of the toddlers.
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Human history is not the product of the wise direction of human reason, but is shaped by the forces of emotion-our dreams, our pride, our greed, our fears, and our desire for revenge.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Whatever you do in your life, try to become a kind, and wise human being.
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
