“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: art
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To be stupid, selfish, and have good
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: good
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To be stupid, selfish, and have good
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: happiness
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Artists who seek perfection in everything are
“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: art
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Love is a springtime plant that perfumes
“Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: love
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Everything one invents is true, you may
“Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: poetry
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To be stupid, selfish, and have good
“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: health
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The artist must be in his work
“The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: god
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I believe that if one always looked
“I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: nature
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Life must be a constant education; one
“Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: education
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The future is the worst thing about
“The future is the worst thing about the present.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: future
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