More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"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."
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
"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."