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Quote by Jean Rostand
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived

I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. – Jean Rostand

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There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. – Jean Rostand

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A beautiful vacuum filled with wealthy monogamists, all powerful and members of the best families all drinking themselves to death. – Ernest Hemingway

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It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. – Evelyn Waugh

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