Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTHistory, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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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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Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms
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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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The English have only three sauces – a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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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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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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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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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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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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