"Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence.……" — Guy de Maupassant
"Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms"
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Guy de Maupassant
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70 Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
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You must render: never report.
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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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