Flaubert Quotes

The passionate desire to conclude is one of humanity's most pernicious and sterile manias.

Man is nothing but a coagulation of mud and shit ... equipped with instincts lower than those of the pig or crab-louse

Let us intoxicate ourselves with ink , since we lack the nectar of the gods

I feel waves of hatred against the stupidity of my era suffocating me. Shit is rising into my mouth , as with a strangulated hernia