Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTLove 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 past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.
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We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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You must render: never report.
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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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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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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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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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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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Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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