Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe 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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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments.
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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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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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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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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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The only certainty is death.
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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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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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To lie about a far country is easy.
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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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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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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