The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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…A strange art – music – the most poetic and precise of all the arts, vague as a dream and precise as algebra.
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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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 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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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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The 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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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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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 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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One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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