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More Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.
Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
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.
Abstinence is the worst form of perversion.
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.
