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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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It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
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Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant
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Born: August 5, 1850
Died: July 6, 1893 (aged 42)
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