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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Doubt Quotes, Illness Quotes, Madness Quotes

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...

Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And...

Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And...

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

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...

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

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

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

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.

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...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...