Madame Bovary is myself.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

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

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

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been...

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

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...

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...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

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...

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

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

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 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 consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

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...

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.