For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERTAfter 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.
More Gustave Flaubert Quotes
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Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
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Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
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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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Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth.
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You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.
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Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.
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The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.
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She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.
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Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.
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The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.
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Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.
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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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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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I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
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Read in order to live.
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