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More Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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.
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.
