Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship… - Guy de Maupassant

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Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Guy de Maupassant

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About Guy de Maupassant

Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, one of the fathers of the modern short story.

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Pen Names: Joseph Prunier • Guy de Valmont • Maufrigneuse

Alternative Names: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant • Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant • Maupassant

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Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. - Guy de Maupassant

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