Madame Bovary is myself.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Gustave Flaubert Quotes

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...

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 future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

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...

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,...

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

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

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

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent....

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

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...

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...

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...

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

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.

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.