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.Guy de Maupassant
War When I but think of this word, I feel bewildered, as though they were speaking to me of sorcery, of the Inquisition, of a distant, finished, abominable, monstrous, unnatural thing. When they speak to us of cannibals, we smile proudly, as we proclaim our superiority to these savages. Who are the real savages Those who struggle in order to eat those whom they vanquish, or those who struggle merely to kill.
Guy de Maupassant
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
It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
Guy de Maupassant
Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
Guy de Maupassant
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