Gustave Flaubert Quotes

When you are some-'one', why would you wish to be some-'thing'?

Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence and the inertia of his heart.

[Hers] was an existence between heaven and earth... beyond her stretched as far as the eye could see... an immense space of joys and

Akşam rüzgâr pencereye vurur, lamba yanarken ateşin başına oturup bir kitap açmaktan daha tatlı ne var ki? Emma, iri iri kara gözlerini ona dikerek: — Değil mi?.. dedi. Léon devam ediyordu: — İnsan bi...

Elle vient dans mon cabinet m'entretenir de ses chagrins domestiques. Je ne peux la mettre à la porte, mais j'en ai fort envie. Je me suis réservé dans la vie un très petit cercle, mais une fois qu'on...

Lo que nos demuestra, de paso, que los sacerdotes han estado siempre sumidos en una ignorancia ignominiosa, en la que se esfuerzan por hundir con ellos a los pueblos.

Nezaketine, fakirler de insaniyetine hayran oluyordu. Fakat onun içini hırs, öfke ve kin kemiriyordu. O düz kırmalı fistanın altında huzurunu kaybetmiş bir kalp gizliydi; o pek afif dudakları, gönlün...

   Two men appeared.   One came from the Bastille, the other from the Jardin des Plantes. The taller of the two, in a linen costume, walked with his hat pushed back, waistcoat undone and cravat in han...

Šta meni ostaje da radim na svetu? Drugi se upinju iz petnih žila da bi došli do bogatstva, slave, vlasti! A ja, ja nemam nikakvog položaja, Vi ste jedino moje zanimanje, svo moje bogatstvo, cilj, cen...

Ženska srca su kao one male komode sa tajnim skrovištima, prepune fioka koje se uvlace jedne u druge; uzalud se čovek muči, polomi nokte, da bi na kraju, negde na dnu, pronašao neki sparušeni cvet, pr...

Se aflau în acea perioadă în care, în căsniciile destrămate, rezultatul concesiilor făcute este o oboseală de neînvins, care face existența greu de suportat./ ... ils en étaient à cette période où, da...

And on the endless dusty ribbon of the highway, on sunken roads vaulted over by branches, on paths between stands of grain that rose to his knees, the sun on his shoulders and the morning air in his n...

Anyone who lacks respect for religion comes to a bad end.

Anyway, what was the use? Women's hearts were like those desks full of secret drawers that fit one inside another; you struggle with them, you break your fingernails, and at the bottom you find a with...

Atlarını çift sürmeye gönderecek yerde üzerlerine bindiğinden ,Elma şarabın satacak yerde kendini içtiğinden, Kümesinin en besili hayvanlarını yediğinden, Av çizmelerini domuzlarının içyağıyla yağladı...

Az a kötelességünk, hogy ráérezzünk arra, ami magasrendű, imádjuk azt, ami szép, nem pedig hogy elfogadjunk minden társadalmi konvenciót azzal a sok gyalázatos dologgal együtt, amit ránk kényszerítene...

Beautiful things spoil nothing.

Before marriage she thought herself in love; but the happiness that should have followed this love not having come, she must, she thought, have been mistaken. And Emma tried to find out what one meant...

Besides, she had just reached the autumnal period of womanhood, in which reflection is combined with tenderness, in which the beginning of maturity colours the face with a more intense flame, when str...

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers.