There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTTo 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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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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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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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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The only certainty is death.
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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
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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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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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