Guy de Maupassant

"Imagination creates reality."

"History teaches us what we should avoid repeating."

"Philosophy is the practice of preparing to die."

"Literature preserves the human experience."

"War is the failure of diplomacy."

"Motivation is internal; inspiration is external."

"Every moment of solitude is a moment of grace."

"Kindness costs nothing but buys everything."

"Strength is not the absence of vulnerability."

"Fear is the only real enemy."

"Power is best used in service to others."

"Money follows joy, not the other way around."

"Health is the wealth of the poor."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"

"Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance"

"A literary work is a projection of the author's mind into the world"

"Life is a series of poses we adopt for the benefit of others"

"The poor man seeks food, the rich man seeks variety"

"There is nothing so dangerous as the poor when they cease to be humble"

"Art is either plagiarism or revolution"

"A woman's beauty is a power as real as any other"

"The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves"

"Travel is the only true form of education"

"Money has no color and no prejudice"

"Love is a disease from which no one wishes to be cured"

"We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough"

"The pen is mightier than the sword, but only when the sword sleeps"

"Nature cares nothing for our morality"

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of it"

"The suffering of one's fellow man is the true measure of civilization"