Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the a... - Gustave Flaubert
"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."
"Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."