Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe 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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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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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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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.
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You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
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The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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You must render: never report.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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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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