More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
"One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels."
"An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere."
"Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living."