266 Quotes by Guy de Maupassant

Champagne... the wine of kings, the king of wines

Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.

Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life, one adjective only which will describe it. One must search until one has discovered them, this noun, this verb, this adjective, and never rest content with approximations, never resort to trickery, however happy, or to vulgarism, in order to dodge the difficulty.

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

The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.

Love is always love, come whence it may. A heart that beats at your approach, an eye that weeps when you go away are things so rare, so sweet, so precious that they must never be despised.

You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.

To lie about a far country is easy

Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.