Gustave Flaubert

"One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form. "

"Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. "

"Our ignorance of history makes us libel to our own times. People have always been like this. "

"Stupidity consists in wanting to reach conclusions. We are a thread, and we want to know the whole cloth. "

"That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust. "

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