Quotes from Guy de Maupassant


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    It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

    Life | Worth | Encounter


    The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

    Women | Difficult | Genius


    Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

    Patriotism | Religion | Egg


    The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

    Life | Smile | Shadow


    It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.

    Love | Marriage | Unhappy


    Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

    War | Government | Ship


       

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