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

Quote by Guy De Maupassant

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Government Quotes

To lie about a far country is easy

To lie about a far country is easy

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as...

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as...

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult...

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult...

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

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

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Military men are the scourges of the world

Military men are the scourges of the world

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in...

The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in...

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of...

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of...

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as...

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as...

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

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

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

A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one

A legal kiss is never as good as a stolen one

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of...

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of...

It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people...

It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people...

The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as the one for living in...

The formula for a happy marriage? It's the same as the one for living in...

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a...

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a...

Marriage is a mutual admiration society where one person is always right, the other is...

Marriage is a mutual admiration society where one person is always right, the other is...

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you...

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you...