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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

The future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

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....

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

In the dark room a cloud of yellow dust flew from beneath the tool like...

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.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no...

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

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

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

Me: 'I wanna go on a diet.' Food: 'LOL! No...'

Me: 'I wanna go on a diet.' Food: 'LOL! No...'

Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and I'll show...

Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and I'll show...