"It is the lives we encounter that make…" — Guy de Maupassant
"It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living."
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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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I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter…
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
— Sai Baba
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As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the…
— Antonio Banderas
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
— David Brin
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but…
— Albert Camus
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
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There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus…
— James E. Faust
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Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as…
— Pope John Paul II
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Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not…
— Douglas Smith
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In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and…
— Unknown Author
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We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God…
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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