More from Colette
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.
Gigi (1945)To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
Paris From My Window (1944)- Break of Day (1928)
More about freedom
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
John Philpot Curran1750–1817Often credited to Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor