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The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.
Gustave Flaubert
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Gustave Flaubert
Age: 58 †
Born: 1821
Born: December 12
Died: 1880
Died: May 8
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For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
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You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
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Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.
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Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.
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Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century.
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One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.
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