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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

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,...

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.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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

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

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...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

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

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

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

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.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

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...

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

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...

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...