Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTYou must render: never report.
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You must render: never report.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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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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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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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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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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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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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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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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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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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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