More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."
"God is only a word dreamed up to explain the world"
"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
"Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."