Be happy. It is a way of being wise.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873–1954) French writer
(Attributed)
Quotations by:
Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle
As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873–1954) French writer
Break of Day (1961)
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
[Il n’est pas mauvais que les enfants remettent de temps en temps, avec politesse, les parents à leur place.]
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873–1954) French writer
My Mother’s House [La Maison de Claudine], “The Priest on the Wall [Le curé sur le mur]” (1922) [tr. Troubridge/McLeod (1949)]
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