Guy de Maupassant - Avoid Quotes

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Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

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The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.

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To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.

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