The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

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...

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,...

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to...

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...