Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.
Gustave FlaubertTags: writing
Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation.
Gustave FlaubertBy dint of railing at idiots, one runs the risk of becoming an idiot oneself.
Gustave FlaubertOne's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.
Gustave FlaubertIced champagne was poured out. Emma shivered all over as she felt it cold in her mouth. She had never seen pomegranates nor tasted pine-apples. The powdered sugar even seemed to her whiter and finer than elsewhere.
Gustave FlaubertTo be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Gustave FlaubertTags: happiness
We aren't there yet,' said Bouvard.
Let's hope not,' said Pecuchet.
For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of oriental princesses; every rotary carries about inside him the debris of a poet.
Gustave FlaubertWhat better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?
Gustave FlaubertThe art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave FlaubertTags: guidance
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