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A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.

Gustave Flaubert

I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Morning Myself Removal
Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
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Blow Chill Love Request
She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.
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Country Death Herself Live
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.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Believe Death Difficult Feeling Oneself Person
The public wants work which flatters its illusions.
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Illusion One Liner Public Work
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.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Achievement Angry Difficult Lust Wonder
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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Happiness Lost Selfish Stupidity
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Believe End Inspirational Motivational Oneself Sky Wings
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but is ungrateful!
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Better Gratitude History Ignorance King Ordinary Ourselves Person Perspective Time
I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.
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Discover Forest Harmony Listening Try Waves
A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT

Laughter Man Strong Suffering
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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Human Music Rhythm Speech Stars
Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.
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Confirm Ideal Reality
I have dreamed much and have done very little.
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Desire Dreams Myself Potential
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

Art Avoid Horrible Life Live World
The future is the worst thing about the present.
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Future Present Worst

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