Quotes By Author: guy de maupassant

“In fact living is dying.”

“The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.”

“Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.”[My Uncle Sosthenes]”

“The only certainty is death.”

“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 all. It’s slow going up and quick going down.”

“There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people who are attracted by the countryside cherish fond memories of certain springs, certain woods, certain ponds, certain hills, which have become familiar sights and can touch our hearts like happy events.Sometimes indeed the memory goes back towards a forest glade, or a spot on a river bank or an orchard in blossom, glimpsed only once on a happy day, but preserved in our heart.”