Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassantmopasɑ̃]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, and as a representative of the naturalist school of writers, who depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 August 1850
CountryFrance
Guy de Maupassant quotes about
meteors thunderbolts
I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
healthy sublime brain
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.
blessing essence boredom
The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
dream thinking laughing
The public is composed of numerous groups whose cry to us writers is: 'Comfort me.' 'Amuse me.' 'Touch my sympathies.' 'Make me sad.' 'Make me dream.' 'Make me laugh.' 'Make me shiver.' 'Make me weep.' 'Make me think.'
real war struggle
War! When I but think of this word, I feel bewildered, as though they were speaking to me of sorcery, of the Inquisition, of a distant, finished, abominable, monstrous, unnatural thing. When they speak to us of cannibals, we smile proudly, as we proclaim our superiority to these savages. Who are the real savages? Those who struggle in order to eat those whom they vanquish, or those who struggle merely to kill?
daylight doe horror
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
wall night black
Night was a very different matter. It was dense, thicker than the very walls, and it was empty, so black, so immense that within it you could brush against appalling things and feel roaming and prowling around a strange, mysterious horror.
coquetry my-friends
You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
wine glasses half
The glasses were half full, which meant that the guests were completely so
beer names gentleman
Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.
kings wine champagne
Champagne... the wine of kings, the king of wines
dream real doors
Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered
bed born whole-life
The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
certainty
The only certainty is death.