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Guy de Maupassant Quotes

Guy de Maupassant quotes

French Writer August 5, 1850 – July 6, 1893

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Night was a very different matter. It was dense, thicker than the very walls, and it was empty, so black, so immense that within it you could brush against appalling things and feel roaming and prowling around a strange, mysterious horror. Guy de Maupassant
Why not other elements besides fire, air, earth and water? There are four of them, just four, those foster parents of beings! What a pity! Why aren't there forty elements instead, or four hundred, or four thousand? How paltry everything is, how miserly, how wretched! Stingily given, aridly invented, heavily made!Why not other elements besides fire, air, earth and water? There are four of them, just four, those foster parents of beings! What a pity! Why aren't there forty elements... Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face...."
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
Guy de Maupassant quote: "The great artists are those who impose their personal vision..."
The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much..."
One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which..."
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. Guy de Maupassant
Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all. Guy de Maupassant
I told myself 'Everything is a being! The shout that passes into the air is an entity like an animal, since it is born, produces a movement, and is again transformed, in order to die. So the fearful mind that believes in incorporeal beings is not wrong. What are they? Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "The only certainty is death."
The only certainty is death. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "Put black on white."
Put black on white. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "Get black on white."
Get black on white. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "I hope you realize that you really hit it off with the ladies?..."
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
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "Military men are the scourges of the world."
Military men are the scourges of the world. Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant quote: "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or..."
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption. Guy de Maupassant

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