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Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food
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
Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
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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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