Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

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

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

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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...

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.