Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Colettewas a French novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Her best known work, the novella Gigi, was the basis for the film and Lerner and Loewe stage production of the same name. She was also a mime, an actress and a journalist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 January 1873
CountryFrance
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette quotes about
husband wife faults
The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.
friendship best-friend wise
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
happiness childhood preparation
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
happiness laughter humor
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
broken-heart heartbroken breakup
I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.
love sad past
I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
love jealous smell
The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.
sleep insomnia thinking
In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge.
evil theatre months
January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.
failure light glowing
Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.
home house matter
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
girl needs waste
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.
women food memorable
If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.
travel feet goes-on
The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.