Gustave Flaubert Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Gustave Flaubert quotes, Gustave Flaubert sayings, and Gustave Flaubert proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

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
Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. Gustave Flaubert
Doubt ... is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness. Gustave Flaubert
A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies. Gustave Flaubert
By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream. Gustave Flaubert
The public wants work which flatters its illusions. Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it. Gustave Flaubert
As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from one end of the keyboard to the other without a stop. Gustave Flaubert
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert
Melancholy is a sensual pleasure that is deliberately provoked. How many people shut themselves away to make themselves sadder, or to weep beside a stream, or choose a sentimental book! We are constantly building and unbuilding ourselves. Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. Gustave Flaubert
It's hard to communicate anything exactly and that's why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find. Gustave Flaubert
Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. Gustave Flaubert
The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it. Gustave Flaubert
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us. Gustave Flaubert
One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. Gustave Flaubert
You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything. Gustave Flaubert
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. Gustave Flaubert
The principal thing in the world is to keep the soul aloft. Gustave Flaubert
The future is the worst thing about the present. Gustave Flaubert
Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. Gustave Flaubert