The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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...

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...

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

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

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....

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact...

There is no truth. There is only perception.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

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...

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

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...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

Exuberance is better than taste.

Exuberance is better than taste.

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

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

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in...

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, struggle together with resilience to...

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, struggle together with resilience to...