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Gustave Flaubert

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Quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
"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."
"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."