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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: "One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with..."
One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry..."
All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris."
She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet."
Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet. Gustave Flaubert
Her heart remained empty once more, and the procession of days all alike began again. So they were going to follow one another, like this, in line, always identical, innumerable, bringing nothing! Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."
Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen."
I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one..."
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. 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: "What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds!"
What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam..."
(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence..."
Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence and the inertia of his heart. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Doubt? is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to..."
Doubt? is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness. Gustave Flaubert
I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within. Gustave Flaubert
As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop. Gustave Flaubert

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