The only certainty is death.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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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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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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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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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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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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