Killing is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to cry out: ‘Quick! Quick! Quick! ’ And the more she destroys, the more she is renewed.

Guy De Maupassant
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Author: Ovid "Killing is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to cry out: 'Quick! Quick! Quick!'' And the more she destroys, the more she is renewed.'' -Ovid

Source: The Complete Short Stories Of Guy De Maupassant, Part One

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