Quotes by Guy de Maupassant

Explore a curated collection of 26 quotes by Guy de Maupassant. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

A human being - what is a human being? Everything and nothing. Through the power of thought it can mirror everything it — Guy de Maupassant
Get black on white. — Guy de Maupassant
If I could, I would stop the passage of time. But hour follows on hour, minute on minute, each second robbing me of a mo — Guy de Maupassant
Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare. — Guy de Maupassant
Nevertheless man has found love, which is not a bad reply to that sly Deity, and he has adorned it with so much poetry t — Guy de Maupassant
It is man who has introduced a little grace, beauty, unknown charm and mystery into creation by singing about it, interp — Guy de Maupassant
The human mind is a lucky little local, passing accident which was totally unforeseen, and condemned to disappear with t — Guy de Maupassant
We are, on earth, two distinct races. Those who have need of others, whom others amuse, engage soothe, whom solitude har — Guy de Maupassant
Every ideal comes from us as do all the amenities of life, in order to make our existence as simple reproducers, for whi — Guy de Maupassant
Do you know how I picture God myself?" he said. "As an enormous, creative organ beyond our ken, who scatters millions of — Guy de Maupassant
...perhaps, also this short embrace may infuse in their veins a little of this thrill which they would not have known wi — Guy de Maupassant
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist. — Guy de Maupassant
Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror. — Guy de Maupassant
Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleas — Guy de Maupassant
It is the encounters with people that make life worth living. — Guy de Maupassant
What you love too violently finishes by killing you. — Guy de Maupassant
I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing — Guy de Maupassant
I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing. — Guy de Maupassant
Great minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that — Guy de Maupassant
Get black on white. — Guy de Maupassant