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.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTOne sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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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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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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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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Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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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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Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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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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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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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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