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Guy de Maupassant, born on August 5, 1850 and died on July 6, 1893, was a renowned French novelist and master of the short story, often hailed as the 'King of Short Stories'. With his keen observation and unique writing style, Maupassant produced a vast array of short stories reflecting social realities and human weaknesses, which have had a profound impact on literature.

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Famous Guy de Maupassant Quotes

“The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.”

Men Age Dies Turns Century Offers Kissing Men And Women Lips Immortal Kiss Me Kissing Him Romantic Kiss Lips And Kissing Just Kiss Me Best Kiss

Author:Guy de Maupassant

“breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, working, dreaming, everything we do is dying. to live, in fact, is to die.”

Facts Dream Dies Sleep Dying Eating Drinking Breathing

Book:Bel-Ami

Source: Bel-Ami

“We breathe, sleep, drink, eat, work and then die! The end of life is death. What do you long for? Love? A few kisses and you will be powerless. Money? What for? To gratify your desires. Glory? What coems after it all? Death! Death alone is certain.”

Long Ends Life Is Desire Certain Dies Sleep Drink Kissing Glory Breathe Powerless End Of Life

Book:Bel Ami

Source: Bel Ami

“The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it”

Whole Dies Born Bed Whole Life

Book:The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant: Ten Volumes in One

Source: The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant: Ten Volumes in One

“I told myself 'Everything is a being! The shout that passes into the air is an entity like an animal, since it is born, produces a movement, and is again transformed, in order to die. So the fearful mind that believes in incorporeal beings is not wrong. What are they?”

Mind Believe Order Dies Born Animal Air Movement Produce Fearful Transformed Entity

Author:Guy de Maupassant

About the Author

Born: August 5, 1850
Died: July 6, 1893
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 173

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Bel-AmiRelated source material

88 Short StoriesRelated source material

A Day in the Country and Other StoriesRelated source material

Une vieRelated source material

88 More StoriesRelated source material

A Parisian Affair and Other StoriesRelated source material

Boule de SuifRelated source material

Guy de Maupassant – The Complete Works: Short Stories, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Memoirs and more: Original Versions of the Novels and Stories in French, An Interactive Bilingual Edition with Literary Essays on Maupassant by Tolstoy, Joseph Conrad and Henry JamesRelated source material

The HorlaRelated source material

The dark side of Guy de MaupassantRelated source material

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