Guy de Maupassant Quotes

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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
— Guy de Maupassant The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant

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Conversation . . . is the art of never appearing a bore, of knowing how to say everything interestingly, to entertain with no matter what, to be charming with nothing at all.
— Guy de Maupassant Sur l’Eau (On the Water)

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