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Guy de Maupassant Quotes

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

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Writer Quotes
Category:
French Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
August 5, 1850
Date of Death:
July 6, 1893
Nationality:
French
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Quote Keywords:

Avoid, Captain, Duty, Every, Government, Much, Ship, Shipwreck, War
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