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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

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

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

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

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...

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...

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without...

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without...

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.

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

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

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

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

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

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

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it...

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it...

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 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....

Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.

Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.

Come live in my heart and pay no rent.

Come live in my heart and pay no rent.

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...