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 MAUPASSANTThe secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
More Guy de Maupassant Quotes
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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You must render: never report.
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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.
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Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
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A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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