The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with...

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

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,...

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

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...

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy....

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...

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

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

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

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 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...

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.

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...

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without...

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without...