Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTYou’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
More Guy de Maupassant Quotes
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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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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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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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.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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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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The only certainty is death.
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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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You must render: never report.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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