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Tag: Gustave Flaubert

Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

“Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

“There is no truth. There is only perception.”—Gustave Flaubert. French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

“A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017

“We shouldn’t maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

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