The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

My kingdom is as wide as the universe and my wants have no limits. I...

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 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...

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

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

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they...

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

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

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

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

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...

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for...

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had...

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had...