Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.

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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.

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

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Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

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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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Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.

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Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.

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You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.

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

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