You must not think that feeling is everything. . . . Art is nothing without form.
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Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.Gustave Flaubert
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
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Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
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I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.
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Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.
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Success as I see it, is a result, not a goal.
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