Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe 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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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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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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You must render: never report.
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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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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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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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The only certainty is death.
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