Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the road going downhill and death at the end of it all. It's slow going up and quick going down. Guy de Maupassant More Quotes by Guy de Maupassant More Quotes From Guy de Maupassant The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary. Guy de Maupassant obstacles ignorance secret I told myself 'Everything is a being! The shout that passes into the air is an entity like an animal, since it is born, produces a movement, and is again transformed, in order to die. So the fearful mind that believes in incorporeal beings is not wrong. What are they? Guy de Maupassant air animal believe In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is. Guy de Maupassant panic east men I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago? Guy de Maupassant earth said long
