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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Gustave Flaubert quotes about believe

French Novelist, Writer December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880

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But the more Emma recognised her love, the more she crushed it down, that it might not be evident, that she might make it less. What restrained her was, no doubt, idleness and fear, and a sense of shame also. She thought she had repulsed him too much, that the time was past, that all was lost. Then pride, the joy of being able to say to herself 'I am virtuous', and to look at herself in the glass taking resigned poses, consoled her a little for the sacrifice she believed she was making. Gustave Flaubert
She did not believe that things could remain the same in different places, and since the portion of her life that lay behind her had been bad, no doubt that which remained to be lived would be better. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "I don't believe that happiness is possible, but I think..."
I don't believe that happiness is possible, but I think tranquility is. Gustave Flaubert
[H]e was soon to be head clerk; it was time to settle down. So he gave up his flute, exalted sentiments, and poetry; for every bourgeois in the flush of his youth, were it but for a day, a moment, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of lofty enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of sultanas; every notary bears within him the debris of a poet. Gustave Flaubert
Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force. Gustave Flaubert
For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of oriental princesses; every rotary carries about inside him the debris of a poet. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the..."
One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "He had the vanity to believe men did not like him? while men..."
He had the vanity to believe men did not like him? while men simply did not know him. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would..."
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "People believe a little too easily that the function of the..."
People believe a little too easily that the function of the sun is to help the cabbages along. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never..."
The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never existed. Gustave Flaubert
I can't believe that our body, composed as it is of mud and shit and equipped with instincts lower than those of the pig or the crab-louse, contains anything pure and immaterial Gustave Flaubert

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