It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts. Gustave Flaubert More Quotes by Gustave Flaubert More Quotes From Gustave Flaubert Man lives in his dreams, that is where he gets his only reward and receives his only pleasure. Gustave Flaubert One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form. Gustave Flaubert Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this. Gustave Flaubert Our ignorance of history makes us libel to our own times. People have always been like this. Gustave Flaubert Perfection is the enemy of the good. Gustave Flaubert