Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything,...

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything,...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful;...

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful;...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone...

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

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

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

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

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

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

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a...

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none.

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

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

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity...

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity...

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty,...

If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty,...