--- title: "3 Afternoon Quotes By Gustave Flaubert" description: "3 Afternoon quotes by Gustave Flaubert. Plus more from Gustave Flaubert and more Afternoon sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-a_925071.jpg" --- > [I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-and-the-afternoon-removing-it/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-a_925071.jpg) > [It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/it-is-a-delicious-thing-to-write-to-be-no-longer-yourself-but-to-move/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_it-is-a-delicious-thing-to-write-to-be-n_1221206.jpg) > [Since you are now studying geometry and trigonometry, I will give you a problem. A ship sails the ocean. It left Boston…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/since-you-are-now-studying-geometry-and-trigonometry-i-will-give-you/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/554/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_since-you-are-now-studying-geometry-and_2898928.jpg) ## Other authors on Afternoon ## More by Gustave Flaubert > [As for the piano, the faster her fingers flew over it, the more he marveled. She struck the keys with aplomb and ran from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/as-for-the-piano-the-faster-her-fingers-flew-over-it-the-more-he/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/caught-up-in-life-you-see-it-badly-you-suffer-from-it-or-enjoy-it-too/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [“When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/when-one-does-something-one-must-do-it-wholly-and-well-those-bastard/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Isn’t ‘not to be bored’ one of the principal goals of life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/isn-t-not-to-be-bored-one-of-the-principal-goals-of-life/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/love-is-a-springtime-plant-that-perfumes-everything-with-its-hope/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [“But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its web in the shadows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/but-her-life-was-as-cold-as-an-attic-facing-north-and-boredom-like-a/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/when-you-reduce-a-woman-to-writing-she-makes-you-think-of-a-thousand/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/travel-makes-one-modest-you-see-what-a-tiny-place-you-occupy-in-the/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [“We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/we-must-not-touch-our-idols-the-gilt-sticks-to-our-fingers/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/a-superhuman-will-is-needed-in-order-to-write-and-i-am-only-a-man/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/the-writer-must-wade-into-life-as-into-the-sea-but-only-up-to-the/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [COLD. Healthier than heat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/cold-healthier-than-heat/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [And indeed, what is better than to sit by one's fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/and-indeed-what-is-better-than-to-sit-by-one-s-fireside-in-the/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [One's existence should be in two parts: one should live like a bourgeois and think like a demigod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/one-s-existence-should-be-in-two-parts-one-should-live-like-a/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) > [Emma was no asleep, she was pretending to be asleep; and, while he was dozing off at her side, she lay awake, dreaming other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/emma-was-no-asleep-she-was-pretending-to-be-asleep-and-while-he-was/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afternoon/gustave-flaubert/#itemlist", "name": "3 Afternoon Quotes By Gustave Flaubert", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gustave Flaubert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-and-the-afternoon-removing-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-a_925071.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-a_925071.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/gustave-flaubert-354_afternoon_i-spent-the-morning-putting-in-a-comma-a_925071.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.” — Gustave Flaubert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating. 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