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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic lo

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. – Gustave Flaubert

Other quotes by Gustave Flaubert

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
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You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. – Gustave Flaubert

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The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. – Thomas Aquinas

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I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and its a – knock wood – hit, the checks come in for many years. – Harvey Fierstein

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So theres no such thing as work-life balance. Theres work, and theres life, and theres no balance. – Sheryl Sandberg

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. – Thomas A. Edison

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