It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTTo lie about a far country is easy.
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You must render: never report.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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To lie about a far country is easy.
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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship’s captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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The only certainty is death.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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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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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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