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Quotes › Authors › G › Guy de Maupassant › We live always under the weight of the old and odi
  • We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.

    Guy de Maupassant: We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.
    Guy de Maupassant
    "On the Water". Short story by Guy de Maupassant, 1888.
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