All Gustave Flaubert Quotes
But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
Gustave Flaubert
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Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
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Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
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I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.
Gustave Flaubert
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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
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Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.
Gustave Flaubert
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I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
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Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.
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Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.
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Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.
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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.
Gustave Flaubert
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One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!
Gustave Flaubert
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