More Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
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.
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.
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.
A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.
