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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
One mustnt ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for

One mustnt ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. – Gustave Flaubert

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An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. – Gustave Flaubert

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To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. – Matthew Arnold

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No man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. – Ernest Dimnet

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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the childs delight added to your own – this is happiness. – J. B. Priestley

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Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals. – LL Cool J

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Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isnt enough and you have to go and get shot or something. – John Lennon

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What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership. – Susan Faludi

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If you live long enough, youll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, youll be a better person. Its how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. – William J. Clinton

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