Guy de Maupassant
playwright
| Date of Birth | : | 05 Aug, 1850 |
| Date of Death | : | 06 Jul, 1993 |
| Place of Birth | : | Château de Miromesnil, Tourville-sur-Arques, France |
| Profession | : | French Author And Playwright |
| Nationality | : | French |
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant French was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
Maupassant was a protégé of Gustave Flaubert and his stories are characterized by economy of style and efficient, seemingly effortless dénouements. Many are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s, describing the futility of war and the innocent civilians who, caught up in events beyond their control, are permanently changed by their experiences. He wrote 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books, and one volume of verse. His first published story, "Boule de Suif" ("The Dumpling", 1880), is often considered his most famous work.
Quotes
Total 20 Quotes
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
To love very much is to love inadequately; we love-that is all. Love cannot be modified without being nullified. Love is a short word but it contains everything. Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe the air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us. Love is not a word; it is a wordless state indicated by four letters.
You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.
Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is 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.
Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
