Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassantmopasɑ̃]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 August 1850
CountryFrance
Guy de Maupassant quotes about
love may love-always
Love always has its price, come whence it may.
military men world
Military men are the scourges of the world.
believe animal air
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?
kings wine champagne
Champagne... the wine of kings, the king of wines
brother despise love-always
Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
long earth said
I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?
taken pleasure
I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing
bed born whole-life
The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
yellow white flavor
The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
daylight doe horror
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
sweet eye heart
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.
coquetry my-friends
You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
girl sweet artist
She was a sweet girl but not really pretty, a rough sketch of a woman with a little of everything in her, one of those silhouettes which artists draw in three strokes on the tablecloth in a café after dinner, between a glass of brandy and a cigarette. Nature sometimes turns out creatures like that.
country lying easy
To lie about a far country is easy