The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, u… - Guy de Maupassant

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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

Guy de Maupassant

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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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Alternative Names: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant • Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant • Guy de Valmont • Joseph Prunier • Maupassant

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Entre pauvres gens, faut bien qu'on s'aide ... C'est les grands qui font la guerre.

"I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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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."

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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom. - Guy de Maupassant

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