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Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. [About Paris]


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HONORE DE BALZAC The whole underneath of Paris was an ant nest, Metro tunnels, sewer shafts, catacombs, mines, cemete...
TIM WINTON Paris is a beautiful city.
BUBBA WATSON The city of Paris is determined to promote the happiness-on-a-bike fantasy. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo...
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ED BRADLEY Good Americans when they die, go to Paris.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES When good Americans die they go to Paris.
OSCAR WILDE Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
UNKNOWN Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
ANONYMOUS When good Americans die, they go to Paris.
OSCAR WILDE Loss is only temporary when you believe in God!
LATOYA ALSTON Just imagine! In the early nineteenth century, this cathedral was in such a state of disrepair that ...
STEPHANIE PERKINS Born and raised in Paris, I am deeply attached to my city; we almost have half a century of love sto...
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Just as it is impossible to explain childbirth to a woman who has never given birth, it is impossibl...
LYNDA CHELDELIN FELL A breath of Paris preserves the soul.
VICTOR HUGO The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a caf...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
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JOHN VINOCUR Paris ain't much of a town.
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BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA We die a day at a time
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Paris is the caf? of Europe.
FERDINANDO GALIANI She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (I Found That) Essence Rare
GANG OF FOUR I found that essence rare, it's what I looked for / I knew I'd get what I asked for.
GANG OF FOUR I Fought the Law
GANG OF FOUR Nobody knows you, and nobody gives a damn.
GANG OF FOUR Metal is what it is, when it is what it always was.
GANG OF FOUR Prague is the Paris of the '90s.
MARION ROSS You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better.
ERNST LUBITSCH Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
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POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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MARC JACOBS I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.
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KRISTIN O'DONNELL TUBB I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who thi...
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WALTER MOSLEY Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
NATALIE PORTMAN The secret of life is not in the Die And Live,
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Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m...
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JOSEPHINE DE LA BAUME The scars of others should teach us caution.
ST. JEROME They talk like angels but they live like men.
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SAINT PATRICK Let who will scoff and revile - I will not remain silent; neither will I conceal the signs and wonde...
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SAINT PATRICK I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child.
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SAINT PATRICK The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough.
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