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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

«In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like a scatter of sparks from under the hooves of a galloping horse. The twin wheels turned and hummed. Binet was smiling, his chin down, his nostrils distended. He seemed lost in the kind of happiness which, as a rule, accompanies only those mediocre occupations that tickle the intelligence with easy difficulties, and satisfy it with a sense of achievement beyond which there is nothing left for dreams to feed on.»
«Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. . . I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.»
«The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft»
Author: Gustave Flaubert (Novelist) | Keywords: aloft, Hold Your
«Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.»
«The artist ought no more to appear in his work than God in nature.»
Author: Gustave Flaubert (Novelist) | About: Art
«The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.»
«What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.»
Author: Gustave Flaubert (Novelist) | Keywords: elder
«I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all»
Author: Gustave Flaubert (Novelist) | About: Speech | Keywords: detest
«Print: to see one's name in print! - Some people commit a crime for no other reason»
«Sometimes I think I'm liquefying like an old Camembert»

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