Gustave Flaubert's quote

Gustave Flaubert (French pronunciation: ; December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.

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There is no truth. There is only perception.
He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him. November
Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers. Madame Bovary
I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is worse, no ambition. Something – the eternal ‘what’s the use?’ – sets its bronze barrier across every avenue that I open up in the realm of hypothesis. Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
I don't believe that happiness is possible, but I think tranquility is.
Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living.
What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings? Madame Bovary
An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space. Madame Bovary
Doubt … is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness. Memoirs of a Madman
Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory.
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins November
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find. Sentimental Education
Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.
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.