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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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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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.
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it all. It's slow going up and quick going down.
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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.
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered
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.