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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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All ones inventions are true, you can be sure of that. Poetry is as exact a science as geometry. – Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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The most simple things can bring the most happiness. – Izabella Scorupco

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Whoever said money cant buy happiness simply didnt know where to go shopping. – Bo Derek

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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. – Quentin Crisp

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