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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Gustave Flaubert quotes

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

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Gustave Flaubert quote: "She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all..."
She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess..."
It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it."
The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Read much, but not many books."
Read much, but not many books. Gustave Flaubert
If there is on earth, and among all these things of nothing, a belief worthy of adoration, if there is anything holy, pure and sublime, anything answering that immoderate desire for the infinite and the vague that we call the soul, it is art. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory."
Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. Gustave Flaubert
The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I'm wandering in countries I can see every detail of--I'm playing a role in the story I'm reading. I actually feel I'm the characters--I live and breathe them. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the..."
It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your imagination and make them pop like chestnuts. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in..."
The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest. 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: "Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will..."
Talent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each..."
Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each distinct from each despite their resemblance. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Writing history is like drinking an ocean and pissing a cupful."
Writing history is like drinking an ocean and pissing a cupful. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one..."
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled..."
And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light. Gustave Flaubert

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