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

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

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...

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...

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

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...

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.

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...

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the...

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 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...

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.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

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...

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 future is the worst thing about the present.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

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...

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

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

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