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Guy De Maupassant quotes: I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Several sailors, sheltered behind the curved bottoms of their boats, were watching this battle of the sky and the sea. Several sailors, sheltered behind the curved bottoms of their boats, were watching this battle of the sky and the sea.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it. Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify it.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful. Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.[My Uncle Sosthenes] Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
[My Uncle Sosthenes]
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare. Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies. Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more. I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing more.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity. The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption. A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: But he asked himself now if he would not be disobeying God. And does not God permit love, since He surrounds it with such visible splendor? But he asked himself now if he would not be disobeying God. And does not God permit love, since He surrounds it with such visible splendor?
Guy De Maupassant quotes: After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think. After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs ... of our barbarous ancestors. We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs ... of our barbarous ancestors.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is. In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Then, one by one, they went away, for night was falling on the storm, wrapping in shadows the raging ocean and all the battling elements. Then, one by one, they went away, for night was falling on the storm, wrapping in shadows the raging ocean and all the battling elements.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror. Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Institutionalised love always looks down on her more liberal sister Institutionalised love always looks down on her more liberal sister
Guy De Maupassant quotes: I should add that there are undoubtedly charming Englishmen; I have often met them. But they are rarely our fellow-guests at hotels. I should add that there are undoubtedly charming Englishmen; I have often met them. But they are rarely our fellow-guests at hotels.
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. Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know. You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: What you love too violently finishes by killing you. What you love too violently finishes by killing you.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother. Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Love always has its price, come whence it may. Love always has its price, come whence it may.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: They had moved closer to one another to watch the dying moments of the day, this beautiful bright May day. They had moved closer to one another to watch the dying moments of the day, this beautiful bright May day.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: We love our mother unknowingly, and only realize how deep-rooted that love is at the ultimate separation. We love our mother unknowingly, and only realize how deep-rooted that love is at the ultimate separation.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Yes, this is the only good thing in life: love! To hold a woman you love in your arms! That is the ultimate in human happiness. Yes, this is the only good thing in life: love! To hold a woman you love in your arms! That is the ultimate in human happiness.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: It is the encounters with people that make life worth living. It is the encounters with people that make life worth living.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Philippe-Auguste was an ugly child, with uncombed hair and dirt all over him, and the face of a cretin. Philippe-Auguste was an ugly child, with uncombed hair and dirt all over him, and the face of a cretin.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist. Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink. Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Champagne ... the wine of kings, the king of wines Champagne ... the wine of kings, the king of wines
Guy De Maupassant quotes: To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on. To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary. The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die. Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: He was a fat little man with short arms, short legs, a short neck, short nose, short everything in fact. He was a fat little man with short arms, short legs, a short neck, short nose, short everything in fact.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Put black on white. Put black on white.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: It is not difficult to pass for being learned. The secret is not to betray your ignorance. It is not difficult to pass for being learned. The secret is not to betray your ignorance.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends. You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: I hope you realize that you really hit it off with the ladies? You must cultivate that. It could take you far. I hope you realize that you really hit it off with the ladies? You must cultivate that. It could take you far.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Death need not be sad, it should be a matter of indifference. Death need not be sad, it should be a matter of indifference.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago? I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The only certainty is death. The only certainty is death.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Abstinence is the worst form of perversion. Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: History, that excitable and unreliable old lady. History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: When we are young, our mornings are triumphant!" Then When we are young, our mornings are triumphant!" Then
Guy De Maupassant quotes: She stayed there, in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, on a chair, without a fire, without a thought. She stayed there, in her ball dress, without strength to go to bed, overwhelmed, on a chair, without a fire, without a thought.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: You must render: never report. You must render: never report.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius. The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Every authentically loved being is a kind of god. Every authentically loved being is a kind of god.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The dead dog had come more than a hundred miles to find its master.[Mademoiselle Cocotte] The dead dog had come more than a hundred miles to find its master.
[Mademoiselle Cocotte]
Guy De Maupassant quotes: It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living. It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Charming, charming,' the lawyer said at intervals. Charming, charming,' the lawyer said at intervals.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: In fact living is dying. In fact living is dying.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: I think I have already told you that there are certain things which it is not necessary to discuss, and this is one of them. I think I have already told you that there are certain things which it is not necessary to discuss, and this is one of them.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever. The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death. One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: What is the use of fine feelings when pitted against the power of instinct? And what chance does modest restraint have against that of natural desire? What is the use of fine feelings when pitted against the power of instinct? And what chance does modest restraint have against that of natural desire?
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Her name was Marroca, probably her maiden name, and she pronounced it as though it had fifteen r's in it. Her name was Marroca, probably her maiden name, and she pronounced it as though it had fifteen r's in it.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: < ... > out of love of symmetry, just as people put two vases above a fireplace. < ... > out of love of symmetry, just as people put two vases above a fireplace.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Military men are the scourges of the world. Military men are the scourges of the world.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Nature loves death: she will not punish it. Nature loves death: she will not punish it.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: To lie about a far country is easy To lie about a far country is easy
Guy De Maupassant quotes: A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one. A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The glasses were half full, which meant that the guests were completely so The glasses were half full, which meant that the guests were completely so
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.[On Water] Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
[On Water]
Guy De Maupassant quotes: The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
Guy De Maupassant quotes: I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.[As quoted in Pol Neveux's introduction, Guy De Maupassant: A Study] I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
[As quoted in Pol Neveux's introduction, Guy De Maupassant: A Study]
Guy De Maupassant quotes: Envy, bitter envy, was permeating his soul drop by drop, like a poison that tainted all his pleasures and made his life hateful. Envy, bitter envy, was permeating his soul drop by drop, like a poison that tainted all his pleasures and made his life hateful.
Guy De Maupassant quotes: We are accustomed to use our eyes only with the memory of what other people before us have thought about the object we are looking at. We are accustomed to use our eyes only with the memory of what other people before us have thought about the object we are looking at.

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