Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
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.
gustave flaubert
I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from prostration to Fury, so that my average state is one of being annoyed.
gustave flaubert
How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.
gustave flaubert
All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.
gustave flaubert
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 ...
gustave flaubert
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
gustave flaubert
Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.
gustave flaubert
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
