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Bears Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
- Life is so horrible that one can only bear it by avoiding it. And that can be done by living in the world of art.
- 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…
- There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it
- [T]he truth is that fullness of soul can sometimes overflow in utter vapidity of language, for none of us can ever express the exact measure…
- Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the…
- Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the…
More Bears Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — Marcus Aurelius
- What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no,… — Teresa of Avila