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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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

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

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

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

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

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...

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 deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

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.

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...

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

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,...

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very...

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...

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it...

Evolutionary biology is now uttering and seeking those forces that link us with all those...

Evolutionary biology is now uttering and seeking those forces that link us with all those...