Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTEverything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
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Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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You must render: never report.
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Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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