"History, that excitable and unreliable old lady." — Guy de Maupassant
"History, that excitable and unreliable old lady."
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Guy de Maupassant
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70 Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
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Champagne... the wine of kings, the king of wines
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Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy…
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We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists…
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You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.
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Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give…
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You must render: never report.
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Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl,…
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The glasses were half full, which meant that the guests were completely so
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.
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The public is composed of numerous groups whose cry to us writers is: 'Comfort me.' 'Amuse me.' 'Touch my sympathies.'…
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To lie about a far country is easy
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Sir Hiram Maxim is a genuine and typical example of the man of science, romantic, excitable, full of real but…
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By temperament I am not unduly excitable and certainly not trigger-happy. I think twice before I shoot and very often…
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Michael Bloomfield came in after rock n roll started, and he was a great guitarist. He idolized me - I…
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Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle.
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Excitable, easily distracted, sometimes vacant, prone to gloominess and also extreme euphoria; I can’t be generous with time, but I…
— Florence Welch
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I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason.
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No, he just needs a moment," Curran said. "Young bouda males. Easily excitable.
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There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons.…
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Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.
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Rumi is astounding, fertile, abundant, almost more an excitable library of poetry than a person.
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Excitable boy, they all said, he killed and raped her and brought her home.
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I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I…
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