What a heavy oar the pen is, and what a strong current ideas are to row in!
GUSTAVE FLAUBERTStupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.
More Gustave Flaubert Quotes
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What seems to me the highest and the most difficult achievement of Art is not to make us laugh or cry, or to rouse our lust or our anger, but to do as nature does-that is, fill us with wonderment.
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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.
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
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Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.
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What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it.
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There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.
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It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.
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The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.
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Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.
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Exuberance is better than taste.
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One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!
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You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.
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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.
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The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
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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.
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