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It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.

Guy de Maupassant

A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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Kiss Law Oneself Steal Worth
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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Goodness Life Love
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
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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Age Immortal Kiss Lips Man Offering Travel
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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Inspirational Life Live Worth
Military men are the scourges of the world.
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Man World
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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Approach Artist Eyes Greatness Heart Love Precious Rare
Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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Brother Love
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
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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Doubt Fake Possible
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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Captain Government Responsibility
A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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Body Consumption Sick Thinking
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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Eyes Memories Object Ourselves People
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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Attraction Death Future Past Present
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
Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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Love Price Time

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