The only certainty is death.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTI have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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You must render: never report.
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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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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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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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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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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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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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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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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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