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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: "On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and..."
On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is..."
Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion. Gustave Flaubert
We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity … I think that’s what being really human means. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "We aren't there yet,' said Bouvard. Let's hope not,' said..."
We aren't there yet,' said Bouvard. Let's hope not,' said Pecuchet. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "I have patience in all things? as far as the antechamber."
I have patience in all things? as far as the antechamber. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions."
Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions. Gustave Flaubert
Everything, even herself, was now unbearable to her. She wished that, taking wing like a bird, she could fly somewhere, far away to regions of purity, and there grow young again. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is..."
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. 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
So long as there is gold underneath, who cares about the dust on top? Literature! That old whore! We must try to dose her with mercury and pills and clean her out from top to bottom, she has been so ultra-screwed by filthy pricks! Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "you must - do you hear me, young man? - you must work more..."
you must - do you hear me, young man? - you must work more than you are doing! Gustave Flaubert
I’m dazzled by your facility. In ten days you’ll have written six stories! I don’t understand it… I’m like one of those old aqueducts: there’s so much rubbish cogging up the banks of my thought that it flows slowly, and only spills from the end of my pen drop by drop. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "To be simple is no small matter."
To be simple is no small matter. Gustave Flaubert
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. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The public wants work which flatters its illusions."
The public wants work which flatters its illusions. Gustave Flaubert

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