More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity … I think that’s what being really human means."
"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."
"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."
"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."