“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: music
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Oh, if I had been loved at
“Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: happiness
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Be regular and orderly in your life,
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: life
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Poetry is as precise a thing as
“Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: poetry
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The heart, like the stomach, wants a
“The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: diet
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Of all lies, art is the least
“Of all lies, art is the least untrue.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: art
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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those
“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: happiness
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There is no truth. There is only
“There is no truth. There is only perception.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: truth
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The most glorious moments in your life
“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: success
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Be regular and orderly in your life,
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: work
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I have the handicap of being born
“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.”
— Gustave Flaubert
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Category: alone
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