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Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.

Guy de Maupassant

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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 secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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The only certainty is death.
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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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