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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

Guy de Maupassant

There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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Goodness Life Love
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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Doubt Fake Possible
A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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Kiss Law Oneself Steal Worth
Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms
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Dangerous Intelligence People Solitude Talk Thinking Void Work
I love the night passionately. I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love to open my ears to its silence, I love my whole body to be caressed by its blackness.
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Body Breathe Love Myself Night Passionate Patience
Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.
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Breathe Death Drink Live Oneself Sleep
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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Food Myself Passion Respect
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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Black Face Feeling Poet Soul Writing
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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Art Boredom Conversation Fascinate Interest
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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Captain Government Responsibility
History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Excitement History Lady Old
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.
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Approach Artist Eyes Greatness Heart Love Precious Rare
Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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Brother Love
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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Encouragement Horror
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Anguish Desire Enemy Man
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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Betrayal Finding Ignorance Obstacle Secret

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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