Quotes by Maupassant, Guy de

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel lov >>

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bor >>

Quotations about Conversation

In my opinion, the most fruitful and natural play of the mind is in co >>

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us ba >>

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chanc >>

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. How do we define this lively darting about with words, of hitting them back and forth, this sort of brief smile of ideas which should be conversation?

Maupassant, Guy de