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Writing2 quotes
What a heavy oar the pen is, and what a strong current ideas are to row in. — Gustave Flaubert · 1851It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts. — Gustave Flaubert · 1851Appetite for fame1 quote
The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852Art1 quote
Human life is a sad show, undoubtedly: ugly, heavy and complex. Art has no other end, for people of feeling, than to conjure away the burden and bitterness. — Gustave Flaubert · 1864Artists1 quote
The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him. — Gustave Flaubert · 1857Bourgeoisie1 quote
Axiom: hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom. — Gustave Flaubert · 1867Broadening one's horizons1 quote
See many skies and seas. — Gustave Flaubert · 1857Challenges of writing1 quote
What a heavy oar the pen is, and what a strong current ideas are to row in. — Gustave Flaubert · 1851Class warfare1 quote
Axiom: hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom. — Gustave Flaubert · 1867Confidence1 quote
Naturalness and ease of manner-a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity. — Gustave Flaubert · 1869Criticizing others1 quote
Casting aspersions on those we love always does something to loosen our ties. We shouldn't maltreat our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Death1 quote
Anyone's death always releases something like an aura of stupefaction, so difficult is it to grasp this irruption of nothingness and to believe that it has actually taken place. — Gustave Flaubert · 1857Fading love1 quote
Emma was like all his other mistresses; and as the charm of novelty gradually slipped from her like a piece of her clothing, he saw revealed in all its nakedness the eternal monotony of passion, which always assumes the same forms and always speaks the same language. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Fame1 quote
The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852Human nature1 quote
The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852Idols1 quote
We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands. — Gustave Flaubert · 1857Infatuation1 quote
Emma was like all his other mistresses; and as the charm of novelty gradually slipped from her like a piece of her clothing, he saw revealed in all its nakedness the eternal monotony of passion, which always assumes the same forms and always speaks the same language. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Language1 quote
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. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Life1 quote
Human life is a sad show, undoubtedly: ugly, heavy and complex. Art has no other end, for people of feeling, than to conjure away the burden and bitterness. — Gustave Flaubert · 1864Limits of language1 quote
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. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Love1 quote
Emma was like all his other mistresses; and as the charm of novelty gradually slipped from her like a piece of her clothing, he saw revealed in all its nakedness the eternal monotony of passion, which always assumes the same forms and always speaks the same language. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Men and women1 quote
To please women you either have to be carefree and play the fool or else be tragic and passionate. When you say to them quite simply that you love them, women laugh at you. — Gustave Flaubert · 1869Moral theory1 quote
What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it. — Gustave Flaubert · 1880Morality1 quote
What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it. — Gustave Flaubert · 1880New love1 quote
Emma was like all his other mistresses; and as the charm of novelty gradually slipped from her like a piece of her clothing, he saw revealed in all its nakedness the eternal monotony of passion, which always assumes the same forms and always speaks the same language. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856Pleasures of writing1 quote
It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts. — Gustave Flaubert · 1851Poetry1 quote
Prose was born yesterday-this is what we must tell ourselves. Poetry is pre-eminently the medium of past literatures. All the metrical combinations have been tried but nothing like this can be said of prose. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852Poetry and prose1 quote
Prose was born yesterday-this is what we must tell ourselves. Poetry is pre-eminently the medium of past literatures. All the metrical combinations have been tried but nothing like this can be said of prose. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852Prose1 quote
Prose was born yesterday-this is what we must tell ourselves. Poetry is pre-eminently the medium of past literatures. All the metrical combinations have been tried but nothing like this can be said of prose. — Gustave Flaubert · 1852Purpose of art1 quote
Human life is a sad show, undoubtedly: ugly, heavy and complex. Art has no other end, for people of feeling, than to conjure away the burden and bitterness. — Gustave Flaubert · 1864Relationship challenges1 quote
He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him. — Gustave Flaubert · 1856