You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

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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 cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

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

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

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

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...

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...

Madame Bovary is myself.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

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....

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and...

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.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

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...

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and...

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

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

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...