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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
Guy de Maupassant
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Guy de Maupassant
Age: 42 †
Born: 1850
Born: August 5
Died: 1893
Died: July 6
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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A man forced to spend his life without ever having the right, without ever finding the time, to shut himself up all alone, no matter where, to think, to reflect, to work, to dream? Ah! my dear boy, a key, the key of a door which one can lock this is happiness, mark you, the only happiness!
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A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.
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Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.
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Patriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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To lie about a far country is easy
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To avoid each other, their eyes had developed an amazing mobility with all the cunning of enemies fearful of meeting each other head on.
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Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.
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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.'
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You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.
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Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms
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I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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