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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Speech Quotes

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

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.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

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

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

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

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...

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with...

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with...

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and...

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and...

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

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...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

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...

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

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

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

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