I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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.

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...

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

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

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

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

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...

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

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...

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.

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.

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...

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

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

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

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...

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...

Philosophical systems? Even the most impressive of them are uncomfortably seated on a throne of...

Philosophical systems? Even the most impressive of them are uncomfortably seated on a throne of...

No one is stupid, they're just inappropriately removed.

No one is stupid, they're just inappropriately removed.