Author: Gustave Flaubert

Quotes

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.

- Gustave Flaubert

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.

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

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

- Gustave Flaubert

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

- Gustave Flaubert

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

- Gustave Flaubert

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

- Gustave Flaubert

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

- Gustave Flaubert

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

- Gustave Flaubert

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

- Gustave Flaubert

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