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Quotes from Sentimental Education — Gustave Flaubert

1821–1880 France

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Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

Sentimental Education (1869)

For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.

Sentimental Education (1869)

He is so corrupt that he would willingly pay for the pleasure of selling himself.

Sentimental Education (1869)

Don't talk to me about your hideous reality! What does it mean — reality?

Sentimental Education (1869)

Without ideality, there is no grandeur; without grandeur there is no beauty. Olympus is a mountain. The most effective monument will always be the Pyramids. Exuberance is better than taste; the desert is better than a streetpavement, and a savage is surely better than a hairdresser!

Sentimental Education (1869)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gustave Flaubert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.