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Life is so horrible that one can only bear it by avoiding it. And that can be done by living in the world of art.

Gustave Flaubert

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For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
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One’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.
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The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.
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You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.
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Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
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To be simple is no small matter.
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What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it.
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
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Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.
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The public wants work which flatters its illusions.
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She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.
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Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.
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Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.
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