Let us not kid ourselves; let us remember that literature is of no use whatever, except in the very special case of somebody's wishing to become, of all things, a Professor of Literature.
("Madame Bovary")
More Quotes from Gustave Flaubert:
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.Gustave Flaubert
As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
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All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.
Gustave Flaubert
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert
Az a kötelességünk, hogy ráérezzünk arra, ami magasrendu", imádjuk azt, ami szép, nem pedig hogy elfogadjunk minden társadalmi konvenciót azzal a sok gyalázatos dologgal együtt, amit ránk kényszerítenek.
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