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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.

Guy de Maupassant

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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Captain Government Responsibility
In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Deep Fear Man Panic
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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Art Boredom Conversation Fascinate Interest
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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Adjective Expression Movement Oneself Word
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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Age Immortal Kiss Lips Man Offering Travel
I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?
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Earth Existence Time
I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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Leaving Literature Myself
To lie about a far country is easy.
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Country Easy Lying
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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Doubt Fake Possible
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Anguish Desire Enemy Man
One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
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Death Illusion Time
It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
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Better Happiness Management Marriage
You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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Death Fact Live
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
I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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Happiness Let Go Myself
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.
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Goodness Life Love Misunderstand Treat Yourself

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