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GUSTAVE FLAUBERTStupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.
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The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.
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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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You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything.
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You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.
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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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To be simple is no small matter.
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Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.
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Everything which one invents is true, be sure of it.
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The public wants work which flatters its illusions.
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Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
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Talent is nothing but long patience.
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One mustn’t ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
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I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.
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Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
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