"A human being - what is a human being? Everything and nothing. Through the power of thought it can mirror everything it experiences. Through memory an...












After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think.
More Guy de Maupassant quotes
"It is the encounters with people that make life worth living.
"...perhaps, also this short embrace may infuse in their veins a little of this thrill which they would not have known without it, and will give to tho...
"The human mind is a lucky little local, passing accident which was totally unforeseen, and condemned to disappear with this earth and to recommence pe...
"We are, on earth, two distinct races. Those who have need of others, whom others amuse, engage soothe, whom solitude harasses, pains, stupefies, like ...
"The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
"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 ...
"In fact living is dying.
"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 attract...