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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.

Guy de Maupassant

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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Patriotic Religion War
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
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
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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Betrayal Finding Ignorance Obstacle Secret
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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Attraction Death Future Past Present
I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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Leaving Literature Myself
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
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Inspirational Life Live Worth
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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Boredom Essence Female Life Shadow Smile
The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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Artist Greatness Humanity Personal Vision
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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Dangerous Intelligence People Solitude Talk Thinking Void Work
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
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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Discover Dreams Reality Travel
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Anguish Desire Enemy Man
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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Bed Born Death Life
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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Encouragement Horror
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

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