Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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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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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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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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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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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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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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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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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You must render: never report.
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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Those men, those of former times, had soul and eyes that in no way resemble ours, and in their veins, along with their blood, flowed something that has disappeared: love and admiration for the Beautiful.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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