I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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.

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...

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...

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,...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

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...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given...

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given...

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.

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

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

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

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...

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...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and...

The fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are...

The fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are...