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Tag: Gustave Flaubert

Stupidity & Happiness

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Gustave Flaubert – Wikiquote, April 27, 2017, at 03:40 PM

Format QuotePosted on April 30, 2017December 29, 2018Categories The InterwebsTags Gustave Flaubert, Happiness, Ignorance, Stupidity, WikiquoteLeave a comment on Stupidity & Happiness

Focus.

Soyez réglé dans votre vie et ordinaire comme un bourgeois, afin d’être violent et original dans vos œuvres.

Be regular and orderly in your life like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Gustave Flaubert – Wikiquote, April 27, 2017, at 03:40 PM

Format QuotePosted on April 27, 2017December 29, 2018Categories The InterwebsTags Extraordinary, Focus, Gustave Flaubert, Matt Levine, Ordinary, Passion, WikiquoteLeave a comment on Focus.
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