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Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.
Coco Chanel
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There are people who have money and people who are rich.
Coco Chanel
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Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy.
Coco Chanel
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In the act of deciding what to eliminate, you place value on what's left behind.
Coco Chanel
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A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.
Coco Chanel
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Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.
Coco Chanel
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Perfume heralds a woman’s arrival and prolongs her departure.
Coco Chanel
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For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions.
Coco Chanel
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Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.
Coco Chanel
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Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.
Coco Chanel
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Women have always been the strong ones of the world.
Coco Chanel
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Winston [ Churchill] is a dandy and a visionary. Unfortunately, in winning wars, principles are inevitably debased. That's politics.
Coco Chanel
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Fashion becomes unfashionable. Style never.
Coco Chanel
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One should refrain from contempt for the baser specimens of humanity, for whom liberation amounts to shaving the heads of women who have slept with Germans.
Coco Chanel
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A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.
Coco Chanel
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Keep your heels, head & standards high!
Coco Chanel
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One should not seek happiness, but rather happy people.
Coco Chanel
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My life didn't please me, so I created my life.
Coco Chanel
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There are rich people, and there are those who have money. They are not the same people.
Coco Chanel
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The hat is not for the street: it will never be democratized. But there are certain houses that one cannot enter without a hat. And one must always wear a hat when lunching with people whom one does not know well. One appears to one's best advantage.
Coco Chanel
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I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.
Coco Chanel
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Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
Coco Chanel
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Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
Coco Chanel
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The problem of aging is the problem of living. There is no simple solution.
Coco Chanel
