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Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments.

Guy de Maupassant

In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Deep Fear Man Panic
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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Encouragement Horror
The English have only three sauces – a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
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English Flavor Food
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 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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Difficult Genius Simplicity Woman Wonderful
The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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Artist Greatness Humanity Personal Vision
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
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
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
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Anguish Desire Enemy Man
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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Patriotic Religion War
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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Doubt Fake Possible
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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Death Fight Known Life Live Protection
The only certainty is death.
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Certain Death
You must render: never report.
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Report Yourself
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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Genius Greatness Health Inferior Madness Touch

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments.

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