More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"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."
"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."
"There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it"
"I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings."