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We who are beyond the mortal world see many things from the edges; we hear the subtle shifts of rhythm in the beat of a blackening heart.
— Emmanuelle De Maupassant
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
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
— Guy De Maupassant
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
— Guy De Maupassant
The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
— Guy De Maupassant
I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?
— Guy De Maupassant
What you love too violently finishes by killing you.
— Guy De Maupassant
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
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
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
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
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.
— Guy De Maupassant
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
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
— Guy De Maupassant
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
Death need not be sad, it should be a matter of indifference.
— Guy De Maupassant
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
The only certainty is death.
— Guy De Maupassant
Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
— Guy De Maupassant
History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
— Guy De Maupassant
When we are young, our mornings are triumphant!" Then
— Guy De Maupassant
You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
— Guy De Maupassant
You must render: never report.
— Guy De Maupassant
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
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
— Guy De Maupassant
Every authentically loved being is a kind of god.
— Guy De Maupassant
The dead dog had come more than a hundred miles to find its master.[Mademoiselle Cocotte] — Guy De Maupassant
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
— Guy De Maupassant
Charming, charming,' the lawyer said at intervals.
— Guy De Maupassant