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
memories eye people
We are accustomed to use our eyes only with the memory of what other people before us have thought about the object we are looking at.
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.
bitterness sometimes illusion
One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.
dying facts
In fact living is dying.
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
taken pleasure
I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing
certainty
The only certainty is death.
sleep kissing long
We breathe, sleep, drink, eat, work and then die! The end of life is death. What do you long for? Love? A few kisses and you will be powerless. Money? What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What coems after it all? Death! Death alone is certain.
military men world
Military men are the scourges of the world.