The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTEverything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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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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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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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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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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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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Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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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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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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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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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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