"One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as……" — Guy de Maupassant
"One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death."
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Guy de Maupassant
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70 Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant has 70 quotes on this site.
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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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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
— Francis Bacon
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
— Francis Bacon
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother,…
— Joseph Addison
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There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal…
— Allen Boyd
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just…
— Jo Brand
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I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that…
— Jo Brand
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
— Terry Brooks
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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
— Robert Burton
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How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!
— Albert Camus
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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
— Dante Alighieri
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