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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

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 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.

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...

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

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that...

The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that...

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world