All Gustave Flaubert Quotes
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
Gustave Flaubert
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I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.
Gustave Flaubert
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You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
Gustave Flaubert
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What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
Gustave Flaubert
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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Gustave Flaubert
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Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.
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There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.
Gustave Flaubert
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Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
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One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
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Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.
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Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.
Gustave Flaubert
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I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
Gustave Flaubert
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Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.
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