Gustave Flaubert Quotes

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

Gustave Flaubert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880

Topics

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My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

Joe Biden

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Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It's definitely particular to each situation, but whether it is a long history or someone that you're intimidated by or someone that you didn't think you ever had a shot at, at the end of the day, I think we're all living through high school, every day.

John Krasinski

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It would be pretty funny to see a Beverly Hills white girl with mad rap skills.

Tori Spelling

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I know that war and mayhem run in our blood. I refuse to believe that they must dominate our lives. We humans are animals, too, but animals with amazing powers of rationality, morality, society. We can use our strength and courage not to savage each other, but to defend our highest purposes.

Donella Meadows

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Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

Ryan Reynolds

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In France, when there was a war, we fought and our ancestors fought, though many had real reason to flee the Germans.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

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I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans.

Maria Sharapova

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My first kiss was onscreen. My character learned to drive before I did, so when they asked me to hit the mark with that giant Lincoln, I hit the camera instead. Being an actor gives an interesting perspective on life. And in my case, an interesting preview.

Kellie Martin

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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

Herman Melville

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When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense of self-reliance, their ability to assess and mitigate risk, and their sense of accomplishment.

Gever Tulley

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God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Franz Kafka

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