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Guy De Maupassant Quotes

The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity Picture Quote #1

Love always has its price, come whence it may Picture Quote #1

Life seemed to have stopped short; the shops were shut, the streets deserted. Now and then an inhabitant, awed by the silence, glided swiftly by in the shadow of the walls. The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the enemy Picture Quote #1

Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing Picture Quote #1

And taking her friend's hand, she put it on her breast, on that firm round covering of a woman's heart which the male often finds so satisfying that he makes no attempt to find what lies beneath it Picture Quote #1

Certainly solitude is dangerous for active minds. We require around us men who can think and talk. When we are alone for a long time, we people space with phantoms Picture Quote #1

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I love the night passionately... I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love to open my ears to its silence, I love my whole body to be caressed by its blackness Picture Quote #1

Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered Picture Quote #1

The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it Picture Quote #1

Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes our thoughts turn back toward a corner in a forest, or the end of a bank, or an orchard powdered with flowers, seen but a single time on some happy day, yet remaining in our hearts and leaving in soul and body an unappeased desire which is not to be forgotten, a feeling that we have just rubbed elbows with happiness Picture Quote #1

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments Picture Quote #1

We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... Of our barbarous ancestors Picture Quote #1

That was perhaps the only woman I have ever loved - no - that I ever should have loved. Ah, well! Who can tell? Circumstances rule one. And then - and then - all passes Picture Quote #1

Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life, one adjective only which will describe it. One must search until one has discovered them, this noun, this verb, this adjective, and never rest content with approximations, never resort to trickery, however happy, or to vulgarism, in order to dodge the difficulty Picture Quote #1

I was hard hit. I wanted to ask this little girl to marry me. If we had passed eight days together, I should have done so! How weak and incomprehensible a man sometimes is! Picture Quote #1

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What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows? How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us! Picture Quote #1

No one looked at her, no one thought of her. She felt herself swallowed up in the scorn of these virtuous creatures, who had first sacrificed, then rejected her as a thing useless and unclean Picture Quote #1

Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist Picture Quote #1

Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised Picture Quote #1

There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! How you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress Picture Quote #1

You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I took the book from him reverently, and I gazed at these forms incomprehensible to me, but which revealed the immortal thoughts of the greatest shatterer of dreams who had ever dwelt on Earth Picture Quote #1

I have come to the conclusion that the bed comprehends our whole life; for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it Picture Quote #1

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius Picture Quote #1

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom Picture Quote #1

She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being who is feeble, dangerous, mysteriously troubling. And even more than her body of perdition, he hated her loving soul Picture Quote #1

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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Love always has its price, come whence it may (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Life seemed to have stopped short; the shops were shut, the streets deserted. Now and then an inhabitant, awed by the silence, glided swiftly by in the shadow of the walls. The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the enemy (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) And taking her friend's hand, she put it on her breast, on that firm round covering of a woman's heart which the male often finds so satisfying that he makes no attempt to find what lies beneath it (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Certainly solitude is dangerous for active minds. We require around us men who can think and talk. When we are alone for a long time, we people space with phantoms (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) I love the night passionately... I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love to open my ears to its silence, I love my whole body to be caressed by its blackness (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 (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 (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 (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 (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Sometimes our thoughts turn back toward a corner in a forest, or the end of a bank, or an orchard powdered with flowers, seen but a single time on some happy day, yet remaining in our hearts and leaving in soul and body an unappeased desire which is not to be forgotten, a feeling that we have just rubbed elbows with happiness (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... Of our barbarous ancestors (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) That was perhaps the only woman I have ever loved - no - that I ever should have loved. Ah, well! Who can tell? Circumstances rule one. And then - and then - all passes (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life, one adjective only which will describe it. One must search until one has discovered them, this noun, this verb, this adjective, and never rest content with approximations, never resort to trickery, however happy, or to vulgarism, in order to dodge the difficulty (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) I was hard hit. I wanted to ask this little girl to marry me. If we had passed eight days together, I should have done so! How weak and incomprehensible a man sometimes is! (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows? How strange and changeful is life! How small a thing is needed to make or ruin us! (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) No one looked at her, no one thought of her. She felt herself swallowed up in the scorn of these virtuous creatures, who had first sacrificed, then rejected her as a thing useless and unclean (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! How you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) 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 Quotes) I took the book from him reverently, and I gazed at these forms incomprehensible to me, but which revealed the immortal thoughts of the greatest shatterer of dreams who had ever dwelt on Earth (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) I have come to the conclusion that 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) 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) The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom (Guy De Maupassant Quotes) She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being who is feeble, dangerous, mysteriously troubling. And even more than her body of perdition, he hated her loving soul (Guy De Maupassant Quotes)

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