Gustave Flaubert
France
12 Dec 1821 // 8 May 1880
Writer
12 Dec 1821 // 8 May 1880
Writer
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Exuberance is better than taste
Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless
Do not imagine you can exorcise what oppresses you in life by giving vent to it in art
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work
A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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