What did Gustave Flaubert mean by: Come, let’s be calm: no one incapable of restraint was ever a writer. - Gustave Flaubert Copy
+ May I die like a dog rather than hasten the ripening of a sentence by a single second! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Dog, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence and the inertia of his heart. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Heart, Inertia, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Constant, Dying, Talking, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Poetry, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Literature, Poet, Priests, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Hands, Idols, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ One mustn’t ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Apples, Happiness, Love, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ I know nothing more noble than the contemplation of the world. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Contemplation, Noble, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
