My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I go forward always, freeing spirits and weighing worlds, without fear, without compassion, without love, without God. I am called Science.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Science Quotes

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art,...

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...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

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...

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...

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And...

Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And...

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

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

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

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...

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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...