Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTThe English have only three sauces – a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.
More Guy de Maupassant Quotes
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It’s the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
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Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
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The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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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.
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To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.
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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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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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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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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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To lie about a far country is easy.
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