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Guy de Maupassant

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

Guy de Maupassant

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

Guy de Maupassant

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A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.

Guy de Maupassant

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Conversation… is the art of never appearing a bore, of knowing how to say everything interestingly, to entertain with no matter what, to be charming with nothing at all.

Guy de Maupassant

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

Guy de Maupassant

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History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.

Guy de Maupassant

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