More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"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."
"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."
"Of all lies, art is the least untrue."
"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."