Talent is nothing but long patience.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERTOne never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!
More Gustave Flaubert Quotes
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There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.
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There are three thing in the world I love most: the sea, Hamlet, and Don Giovanni.
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The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.
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Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.
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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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After a person dies, there is always something like a feeling of stupefaction, so difficult is it to comprehend this unexpected advent of nothingness and to resign oneself to believing it.
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For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
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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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I have dreamed much and have done very little.
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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
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It’s a delicious thing to write. To be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating.
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A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies.
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The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.
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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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Exuberance is better than taste.
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