More quotes by Gustave Flaubert

"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."
"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
"Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work."