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"[[Conversation]]. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all."<Ref>[[Guy de Maupassant]], Guy de Maupassant, French author, Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form. Born 1850.</Ref> | "[[Conversation]]. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all."<Ref>[[Guy de Maupassant]], Guy de Maupassant, French author, Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form. Born 1850.</Ref> | ||
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"Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched." Guy de Maupassant | "Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched." Guy de Maupassant | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 4 November 2022
"Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all."[1]
Also said:
"Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched." Guy de Maupassant
"Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck." Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant also said, "The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius." But then he was a Guy.
- ↑ Guy de Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, French author, Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form. Born 1850.