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I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?

Guy de Maupassant

We are accustomed to use our eyes only with the memory of what other people before us have thought about the object we are looking at.
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Eyes Memories Object Ourselves People
To lie about a far country is easy.
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Country Easy Lying
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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Food Myself Passion Respect
In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Deep Fear Man Panic
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
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Existence Life Memories Ourselves Perfection Universe
Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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Alcohol King Wine
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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Approach Artist Eyes Greatness Heart Love Precious Rare
A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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Kiss Law Oneself Steal Worth
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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Genius Greatness Health Inferior Madness Touch
You must render: never report.
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Report Yourself
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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Death Fight Known Life Live Protection
The only certainty is death.
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Certain Death
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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Anand Thakur
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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Admire Beautiful Blood Eyes Love Man Soul Time
One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Death Illusion Time
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Anguish Desire Enemy Man

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