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> [Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/life-is-a-slope-as-long-as-you-re-going-up-you-re-always-looking/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

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## More by Guy de Maupassant

> [“Because it is useless, and I tell them so at once. If you had confessed your fears to me sooner, I would have reassured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/because-it-is-useless-and-i-tell-them-so-at-once-if-you-had-confessed/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [A legal kiss is never as good as stolen one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/a-legal-kiss-is-never-as-good-as-stolen-one/)

[Guy De Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“Killing is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to cry out:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/killing-is-decreed-by-law-but-nature-loves-eternal-youth-whatever-she/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/there-are-some-delightful-places-in-this-world-which-have-a-sensual/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/a-lawful-kiss-is-never-worth-as-much-as-a-stolen-one/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“There were some children round him playing in the dust on the paths. They had long fair hair, and with very earnest faces and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/there-were-some-children-round-him-playing-in-the-dust-on-the-paths/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“When we are young, our mornings are triumphant!” Then”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/when-we-are-young-our-mornings-are-triumphant-then/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“She was simple, not being able to adorn herself, but she was unhappy, as one out of her class; for women belong to no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/she-was-simple-not-being-able-to-adorn-herself-but-she-was-unhappy-as/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/whatever-you-want-to-say-there-is-only-one-word-to-express-it-only/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/the-great-artists-are-those-who-impose-their-personal-vision-upon/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“How fathomless the mystery of the Unseen is! We cannot plumb its depths with our feeble senses - with eyes which cannot see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/how-fathomless-the-mystery-of-the-unseen-is-we-cannot-plumb-its/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“‟Whatever we may do or attempt, despite the embrace and transports of love, the hunger of the lips, we are always alone. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/whatever-we-may-do-or-attempt-despite-the-embrace-and-transports-of/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [She was the temptress who had ensnared the first man, and who still continued her work at damnation; she was the being who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/she-was-the-temptress-who-had-ensnared-the-first-man-and-who-still/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/since-governments-take-the-right-of-death-over-their-people-it-is-not/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

> [“For some years he had felt weighing on him the burden of loneliness which sometimes overwhelms old bachelors. He had been strong, active and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/for-some-years-he-had-felt-weighing-on-him-the-burden-of-loneliness/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

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