The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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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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Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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You must render: never report.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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