The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThose men, those of former times, had soul and eyes that in no way resemble ours, and in their veins, along with their blood, flowed something that has disappeared: love and admiration for the Beautiful.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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You must render: never report.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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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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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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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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