Quote by Gustave Flaubert
Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. - Gust

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. – Gustave Flaubert

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Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature. – Gustave Flaubert

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Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. – Gustave Flaubert

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The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. – Gustave Flaubert

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Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important. – Antonio Gala

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One thing Ive been happy as peach pie about – because Im all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home – is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home. – Laura Schlessinger

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Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. – E.L. Konigsburg

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The one happiness is to shut ones door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create to create life in that isolation from life. – Eleanora Duse

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I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something. – Auguste Strindberg, Miss Julie, 1888

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When youre a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks. – Chris Evert

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Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful. – Martin Yan

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