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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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.

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A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.

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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.

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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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It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

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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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Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.

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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

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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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