"The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius."
-Guy de Maupassant
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"Patriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hatched.“
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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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"Patriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hatched."
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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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"How sweet it is!"
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
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"I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl."
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"When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied."
-John Woolman
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