black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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

One sometimes weeps over one’s illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Death Illusion Time
I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Earth Existence Time
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

Approach Artist Eyes Greatness Heart Love Precious Rare
Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Brother Love
Military men are the scourges of the world.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Man World
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

Goodness Life Love Misunderstand Treat Yourself
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Anguish Desire Enemy Man
Those men, those of former times, had soul and eyes that in no way resemble ours, and in their veins, along with their blood, flowed something that has disappeared: love and admiration for the Beautiful.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Admire Beautiful Blood Eyes Love Man Soul Time
Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Anand Thakur
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

Black Face Feeling Poet Soul Writing
The only certainty is death.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Certain Death
You’ve never lived until you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Death Fight Known Life Live Protection
The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Betrayal Finding Ignorance Obstacle Secret
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 MAUPASSANT

Avoid Development Each Other Eyes
The English have only three sauces – a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

English Flavor Food
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
GUY DE MAUPASSANT

Food Myself Passion Respect

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Guy de Maupassant Quotes