Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorAn soul is measured by the breadth of its desires, just as a cathedral is judged beforehand by the height of its towers.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorThe future tortures us and the past chains us. That's why the present escapes us.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorMemories do not populate our solitude, as is often said; on the contrary, they make it deeper.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorHumanity is as it is. It's not about changing it, but knowing it.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorI believe that if we always looked at the sky, we would end up having wings.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorNeed is an indestructible obstacle; everything thrown against it crashes.
Gustave Flaubert
View AuthorThe yearning suffocated beneath the habit.
Bernard Le Bouvier de Fontenelle
View AuthorDon't take life too seriously; you won't get out of it alive anyway.
Rafael Alberti
View AuthorI will never be stone. I will shout when necessary. I will laugh when necessary. I will sing when necessary.
Paul Charles Bourget
View AuthorYou call me your life, call me your soul; because the soul is immortal, and life is but a day.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
View AuthorThe fall should not take away the glory of having climbed.
Ramón de Campoamor
View AuthorMy most faithful beloved was the hope that often deceives me and does not let me go.