Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe 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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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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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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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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Those 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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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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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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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’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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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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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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