What did Gustave Flaubert mean by: Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion. - Gustave Flaubert Copy
+ There comes a point at which you stop writing and think all the more Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Writing, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Laughing, Laughter, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ He dreamed of funeral love, but dreams crumble and the tomb abides Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Dream, Funeral, Tombs, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ Speech is a rolling press that always amplifies one’s emotions. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Amplify, Rolling, Speech, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Work, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
+ Put all your rage and madness into your work and live as orderly a life as possible. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Madness, Rage, 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
+ Boredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gustave Flaubert, Blessing, Boredom, Heart, 0 - Gustave Flaubert
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can’t understand. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. - Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
