Champagne- the wine of kings, the king of wines.
GUY DE MAUPASSANTHistory, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
More Guy de Maupassant Quotes
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I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing.
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The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
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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.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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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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I said, ‘If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn’t we meet them a long time ago?
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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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The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.
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You’ll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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