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"Pierre and Jean" Quotes

"Pierre and Jean" by Guy de Maupassant explores themes of jealousy and family tensions when two brothers react differently to an unexpected inheritance.

fiction | 162 pages | Published in 2019

Quotes

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.

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Life is a series of appointments and separations.

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To travel is to be born and to die at every instant.

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A man without a mustache is like a woman with a mustache.

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The world is the true school of life.

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In the end, we regret only the chances we didn’t take.

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Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

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