To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
Gustav Flaubert quote 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.
Gustav Flaubert quote Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.
Gustav Flaubert quote As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
Gustav Flaubert quote Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Gustav Flaubert quote All one's inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry.
Gustav Flaubert quote A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man
Gustav Flaubert quote Biography
French novelist, 1821-80
