More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."