Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTPatriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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You must render: never report.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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