Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTYou’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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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 great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.
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The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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You must render: never report.
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To 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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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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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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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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Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship’s captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
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