Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
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She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a beauty that is nothing more or less than a harmony of temperament and circumstances.Gustave Flaubert
The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.
Gustave Flaubert
The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.
Gustave Flaubert
One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought!
Gustave Flaubert
The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.
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Since you are now studying geometry and trigonometry, I will give you a problem. A ship sails the ocean. It left Boston with a cargo of wool. It grosses 200 tons. It is bound for Le Havre. The mainmast is broken, the cabin boy is on deck, there are 12 passengers aboard, the wind is blowing East-North-East, the clock points to a quarter past three in the afternoon. It is the month of May. How old is the captain.
Gustave Flaubert
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