In fact living is dying.

- Guy De Maupassant

You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.

- Guy De Maupassant

Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.

- Guy De Maupassant

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.

- Guy De Maupassant

The glasses were half full, which meant that the guests were completely so

- Guy De Maupassant

I love the night passionately. I love it as I love my country, or my mistress, with an instinctive, deep, and unshakeable love. I love it with all my…

- Guy De Maupassant

We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.

- Guy De Maupassant

To lie about a far country is easy

- Guy De Maupassant

Those men, those of former times, had soul and eyes that in no way resemble ours, and in their veins, along with their blood, flowed something that h…

- Guy De Maupassant