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.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTMilitary men are the scourges of the world.
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You must render: never report.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.
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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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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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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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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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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 better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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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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