Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

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...

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.

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...

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,...

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

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...

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...

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.

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm...

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

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

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

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.

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

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

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

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

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