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To lie about a far country is easy.

Guy de Maupassant

Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Anguish Desire Enemy Man
History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Excitement History Lady Old
Military men are the scourges of the world.
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Man World
I love the night passionately. I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love to open my ears to its silence, I love my whole body to be caressed by its blackness.
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Body Breathe Love Myself Night Passionate Patience
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
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
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
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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Inspirational Life Live Worth
It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
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Better Happiness Management Marriage
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
One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Death Illusion Time
Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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Alcohol King Wine
You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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Death Fact Live
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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Boredom Essence Female Life Shadow Smile
Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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Brother Love
To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.
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Avoid Development Each Other Eyes

To lie about a far country is easy.

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