But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use to someone, we should find consolation in the thought of the sacrifice. Gustave Flaubert More Quotes by Gustave Flaubert More Quotes From Gustave Flaubert And the more he was irritated by her basic personality, the more he was drawn to her by a harsh, bestial sensuality, illusions of a moment, which ended in hate. Gustave Flaubert irritated hate personality After the pain of this disappointment her heart once more stood empty, and the succession of identical days began again. Gustave Flaubert pain disappointment heart Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other dreams. Gustave Flaubert dozing dream sides Be orderly and disciplined in daily life, like a good bourgeois, so that I might be wild and violent in my art. Gustave Flaubert daily-life might art There was an air of indifference about them, a calm produced by the gratification of every passion; and through their manners were suave, one could sense beneath them that special brutality which comes from the habit of breaking down half-hearted resistances that keep one fit and tickle one’s vanity—the handling of blooded horses, the pursuit of loose women. Gustave Flaubert vanity horse passion She did not believe that things could remain the same in different places, and since the portion of her life that lay behind her had been bad, no doubt that which remained to be lived would be better. Gustave Flaubert different doubt believe One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table. Gustave Flaubert shells one-day writing I do not like to "interest" the public with myself. Gustave Flaubert interest self fame Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom Gustave Flaubert boredom metaphor Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness. Gustave Flaubert hierarchy criticism games The style, which is something I take to heart, is getting on my nerves horribly. It frustrates and torments me. I have days when Iam sick about it and nights when it gives me a fever. The more I go at it the more I find myself incapable of conveying the Idea. Gustave Flaubert work heart night And so I will take back up my poor life, so plain and so tranquil, where phrases are adventures and the only flowers I gather aremetaphors. Gustave Flaubert phrases flower adventure Everything depends on the value we give to things. We are the ones who make morality and virtue. The cannibal who eats his neighbor is as innocent as the child who sucks his barley-sugar. Gustave Flaubert sugar giving children The most important quality of art and its aim is illusion; emotion, which is often obtained by certain sacrifices of poetic detail, is something else entirely and of an inferior order. Gustave Flaubert sacrifice order art Everything is there: the love of Art. Gustave Flaubert artist art I had, as I told you, a great passion while still almost a child. When it was over, I divided myself in two, placing on one side the soul I kept for Art, and on the other, my body, which would have to fend for itself. Gustave Flaubert love children art To be simple is no small matter. Gustave Flaubert simple matter What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing. Gustave Flaubert standing-alone sitting young A child of my own! Oh, no, no, no! Let my flesh perish with me, and let me not transmit to anyone the boredom and ignominiousness of life. Gustave Flaubert Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
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