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Gustave Flaubert18 quotes
See many skies and seas. — Gustave Flaubert · 1857We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands. — Gustave Flaubert · 1857Casting 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 · 1856Human 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 · 1856What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it. — Gustave Flaubert · 1880Emma 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 · 1856All 18 quotes →Pierre Corneille3 quotes
To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. — Pierre Corneille · 1636A service beyond all recompense
Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. — Pierre Corneille · 1674Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods. — Pierre Corneille · 1640