English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Gustave Flaubert quote: "The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that..."

The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature.

Gustave Flaubert

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

John Hutton quote: "If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to..."
If we took Chaucer's writings at face value, we'd have to conclude he was a complete drip. John Hutton
They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mae West quote: "She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong..."
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. Mae West
Larry McMurtry quote: "Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than..."
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves. Larry McMurtry
It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death. Christy Turlington
Nelson Algren quote: "If Jesus Christ treated me like you do, I’d drive in the nails..."
If Jesus Christ treated me like you do, I’d drive in the nails myself. Nelson Algren
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
I was very pleased you know, and I was afraid that I might stick out, but I didn't. My happiest thing about that picture is that I proved that American actors can speak as well and also fit in with an ensemble like that. Rod Steiger
They looked cheerful in the photograph, Lenin and his wife. As though they had a new refrigerator in their drawing room, and a down payment on a DDA flat. Arundhati Roy
Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student Sandra Bullock
Phillip Noyce quote: "Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the..."
Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature. Phillip Noyce
What made marriage so difficult back then was yet again that instigator of so many other sorts of heartbreak: the oversize brain. Kurt Vonnegut
Ovid quote: "There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always..."
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. Ovid
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier."
The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier. George Bernard Shaw
Edith Wharton quote: "I can give you a cup of tea in no time-and you won't meet any..."
I can give you a cup of tea in no time-and you won't meet any bores. Edith Wharton