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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of oriental princesses; every rotary carries about inside him the debris of a poet Picture Quote #1

What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright... Haven’t you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you’ve had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings? Picture Quote #1

You forget everything. The hours slip by. You travel in your chair through centuries you seem seem to see before you, your thoughts are caught up in the story, dallying with the details or following the course of the plot, you enter into characters, so that it seems as if it were your own heart beating beneath their costumes Picture Quote #1

Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isn’t that the main thing? And then the public is so stupid. Besides, who reads? And what do they read? And what do they admire? Picture Quote #1

As you get older, the heart shed its leaves like a tree. You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break off several branches at one go. And while nature’s greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back Picture Quote #1

In her enthusiasms she had always looked for something tangible: she had always loved church for its flowers, music for its romantic words, literature for its power to stir the passions and she rebelled before the mysteries of faith just as she grew ever more restive under discipline, which was antipathetic to her nature Picture Quote #1

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I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy. I want to gorge you with all the joys of the flesh, so that you faint and die. I want you to be amazed by me, and to confess to yourself that you had never even dreamed of such transports... When you are old, I want you to recall those few hours, I want your dry bones to quiver with joy when you think of them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity Picture Quote #1

One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier Picture Quote #1

Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live Picture Quote #1

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity Picture Quote #1

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And now she could not bring herself to believe that the uneventful life she was leading was the happiness of which she had dreamed Picture Quote #1

He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him Picture Quote #1

There was a silence. They looked at each other; and their thoughts clung together in their common anguish like two throbbing hearts Picture Quote #1

Poor little thing! She’s gasping for love like a carp on a kitchen table gasping for water Picture Quote #1

And they talked about the mediocrity of provincial life, so suffocating, so fatal to all noble dreams Picture Quote #1

Never had her eyes been so enormous, so dark, so deep: her whole being was transfigured by some subtle emanation Picture Quote #1

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The difficulties he foresaw were so formidable that he quickly banished the disagreeable subject from his mind Picture Quote #1

He even did his best to stop loving her; then at the sound of her footsteps he would feel his will desert him, like a drunkard at the sight of strong liquor Picture Quote #1

She looked at him sadly. Whatever it was, she said, I suffered a great deal. He answered philosophically: Existence is thus! Picture Quote #1

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness; though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless Picture Quote #1

Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work Picture Quote #1

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For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic enterprises. The most mediocre libertine has dreamed of oriental princesses; every rotary carries about inside him the debris of a poet (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright... Haven’t you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you’ve had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings? (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) You forget everything. The hours slip by. You travel in your chair through centuries you seem seem to see before you, your thoughts are caught up in the story, dallying with the details or following the course of the plot, you enter into characters, so that it seems as if it were your own heart beating beneath their costumes (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isn’t that the main thing? And then the public is so stupid. Besides, who reads? And what do they read? And what do they admire? (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) As you get older, the heart shed its leaves like a tree. You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break off several branches at one go. And while nature’s greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) In her enthusiasms she had always looked for something tangible: she had always loved church for its flowers, music for its romantic words, literature for its power to stir the passions and she rebelled before the mysteries of faith just as she grew ever more restive under discipline, which was antipathetic to her nature (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) I will cover you with love when next I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy. I want to gorge you with all the joys of the flesh, so that you faint and die. I want you to be amazed by me, and to confess to yourself that you had never even dreamed of such transports... When you are old, I want you to recall those few hours, I want your dry bones to quiver with joy when you think of them (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) 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 Quotes) Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) And now she could not bring herself to believe that the uneventful life she was leading was the happiness of which she had dreamed (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) There was a silence. They looked at each other; and their thoughts clung together in their common anguish like two throbbing hearts (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) Poor little thing! She’s gasping for love like a carp on a kitchen table gasping for water (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) And they talked about the mediocrity of provincial life, so suffocating, so fatal to all noble dreams (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) Never had her eyes been so enormous, so dark, so deep: her whole being was transfigured by some subtle emanation (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) The difficulties he foresaw were so formidable that he quickly banished the disagreeable subject from his mind (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) He even did his best to stop loving her; then at the sound of her footsteps he would feel his will desert him, like a drunkard at the sight of strong liquor (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) She looked at him sadly. Whatever it was, she said, I suffered a great deal. He answered philosophically: Existence is thus! (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness; though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless (Gustave Flaubert Quotes) Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work (Gustave Flaubert Quotes)

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