Colette
"Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.(Casual Chance, 1964)"
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"Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.(Casual Chance, 1964)"
"تضع كل ما يخطر ببالك فتكون كاتباً. أما المؤلف فهو من يستطيع أن يحكم على قيمة ما يكتبه بنفسه، بلا شفقة، ويدمر معظمه."
Colette
"look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you..."
"تأمل طويلاً ما يسرك، وأطل التأمل أكثر فيما يؤلمك."
Colette
"The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not."
"المرأة التي تحسب نفسها ذكية تطالب بالمساواة مع الرجل. أما المرأة الذكية حقاً فلا تفعل."
Colette
"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."
"أما الشرير الأصيل، الحقيقي، المطلق، الفنان، فنادراً ما تصادفه ولو مرة في العمر. أما سيئ السمعة العادي، فدائماً ما يكون فيه جانب من اللياقة."
Colette
"When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes."
"عندما ترفع جفنيها، فكأنما تخلع كل ثيابها."
Colette
"We only do well the things we like doing."
"إنما نُبدع فيما نُحب."
Colette
"Time spent with cats is never wasted."
"الوقت الذي يمضيه المرء مع القطط ليس ضائعاً أبداً."
Colette
"Friendship which is of its nature a delicate thing fastidious slow of growth is easily checked will hesitate demur recoil where love good old blustering love bowls ahead and blunders through every obstacle."
"الصداقة، وهي بطبيعتها رقيقة، مرهفة، بطيئة النشوء، يسهل كبحها، تتردد، تعترض، وتتراجع حيث يندفع الحب، ذاك الحب القديم الصاخب، ويقتحم كل عقبة."
Colette
"Be happy. It's one way of being wise."
"كن سعيدًا، فالسعادة ضرب من الحكمة."
Colette
"Hope costs nothing."
"الأمل لا يكلف شيئًا."
Colette
"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner."
"تلك كانت حياة رائعة حقًا! ليتني أدركت ذلك في وقت أبكر."
Colette
"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."
"غياب الفكاهة المطلق يجعل الحياة مستحيلة."
Colette
"You will do foolish things but do them with enthusiasm."
"سترتكب الحماقات، فافعلها بحماس."
Colette
"It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change."
"يستغرق الأمر وقتًا حتى تتخذ الغائبون شكلهم الحقيقي في أفكارنا. بعد الموت، يكتسبون ملامح أكثر رسوخًا ثم يكفون عن التغير."
Colette
"Time spent with a cat is never wasted."
Colette
"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."
Colette
"The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike."
Colette
"By associating with the cat, one only risks becoming richer."
Colette
"There are no ordinary cats."
Colette
"It is only in pain that a woman is capable of rising above mediocrity. Her resistance to pain is infinite; one can use and abuse it without any fear that she will die, as long as some childish physical cowardice or some religious hope keeps her from the suicide that offers her a way out."
Colette
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