Quote #97

Writing history is like drinking an ocean and pissing a cupful.

More from Gustave Flaubert

  1. The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.
  2. The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded.
  3. My deplorable mania for analysis exhausts me. I doubt everything, even my doubt.
  4. The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you f…
  5. The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
  6. There is no truth. There is only perception.
  7. But there are moments when I feel I'm liquefying like an old Camembert, I'm so tired.
  8. To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

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