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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Gustave Flaubert quotes

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

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He seriously thought that there is less harm in killing a man than producing a child: in the first case you are relieving someone of life, not his whole life but a half or a quarter or a hundredth part of that existence that is going to finish, that would finish without you; but as for the second, he would say, are you not responsible to him for all the tears he will shed, from the cradle to the grave? Without you he would never have been born, and why is he born? For your amusement, not for... Gustave Flaubert
I lead a bitter life, devoid of all external joy and in which I have nothing to keep me going but a sort of permanent rage, which weeps at times from impotence, but which is constant. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living."
Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living."
Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Do not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by..."
Do not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by giving vent to it in art. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is..."
One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought! Gustave Flaubert
What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the sense of the small-scale ridiculousness of slap-stick comedy, but rather in the sense of ridiculousness that seems intrinsic to human life and that manifests itself in the simplest actions and the most extraordinary gestures. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "This was how they wished they had been: each was creating an..."
This was how they wished they had been: each was creating an ideal into which he was now fitting his past life. Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Write about daily life as you would write history."
Write about daily life as you would write history. Gustave Flaubert
Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty, transparent fingers. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. What was her name? Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? What was her past? He wanted to know what furniture she had in her bedroom, the dresses she wore, the people she knew; even his physical desire for her gave way to a deeper yearning, a boundless, aching curiosity. 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: "Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?"
Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life? Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to..."
The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel. Gustave Flaubert
"for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart. Gustave Flaubert
What an awful thing life is, isn’t it? It’s like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless. Gustave Flaubert

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