How weak our mind is; how quickly it is terrified and unbalanced as soon as we are confronted with a small, incomprehensible fact. Instead of dismissing the problem with: "We do not understand because we cannot find the cause," we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers.
Guy de MaupassantWords dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.
Guy de MaupassantKilling is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to cry out: 'Quick! Quick! Quick!' And the more she destroys, the more she is renewed.
Guy de MaupassantIt is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.
Guy de Maupassant