Quotes by : Guy de Maupassant

But a vague jealousy, one of those dormant jealousies that develop between brothers or sisters almost....

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

Language dazzles and deceives because it is masked by faces, because we see it emerging from the lips,....

Patriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hat

Yes, this is the only good thing in life: love! To hold a woman you love in your arms! That is the ultimate....

Everything I see reminds me that in a few days I shall no longer see it... It's horrible... I shall see....

If I could, I would stop the passage of time. But hour follows on hour, minute on minute, each second....

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with....

The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.

I had kissed her at odd times, in out of the way corners, in the manner of a mountain guide, nothing....