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.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTTo lie about a far country is easy.
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The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.
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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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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.
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We are accustomed to use our eyes only with the memory of what other people before us have thought about the object we are looking at.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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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 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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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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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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