The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the...

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....

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

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,...

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

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

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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

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

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...

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.

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

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.

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...

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to...

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to...

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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