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

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

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

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Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.

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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 the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

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

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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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