The most important thing is to keep the Soul aloft
Gustave FlaubertShe did not believe that things could remain the same in different places, and since the portion of her life that lay behind her had been bad, no doubt that which remained to be lived would be better.
Gustave FlaubertEinen einzigen Gedanken hatte er, eine einzige Liebe, eine einzige Leidenschaft: die Bücher! Und diese Liebe, diese Leidenschaft verbrannten sein Inneres, verdarben sein Leben, verschlangen sein Dasein.
Gustave FlaubertTags: books-reading-bibliophily
But that which fanaticism formerly promised to the elect, science now accomplishes for all men.
Gustave FlaubertLove art. Of all lies, it is the least untrue.
Gustave FlaubertIndeed, for the last three years, he had carefully avoided her, as a result of the natural cowardice so characteristic of the stronger sex...
Gustave FlaubertAnd she felt as though she had been there, on that bench, for an eternity. For an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.
Gustave FlaubertThere was an air of indifference about them, a calm produced by the gratification of every passion; and through their manners were suave, one could sense beneath them that special brutality which comes from the habit of breaking down half-hearted resistances that keep one fit and tickle one’s vanity—the handling of blooded horses, the pursuit of loose women.
Gustave FlaubertTags: aristocracy noblemen
I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything.
Gustave FlaubertIn every parting there comes a moment when the beloved is already no longer with us.
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