Quotes by Guy de Maupassant

"Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist."
— Guy de Maupassant
"Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare."
— Guy de Maupassant
"There is only one good thing in life, and that is love."
— Guy de Maupassant
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (UK: /ˈmoʊpæsɒ̃/, US: /ˈmoʊpəsɒnt, ˌmoʊpəˈsɒ̃/; French: [ɡi d(ə) mopasɑ̃]; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of ...