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Existence Quotes by Gustave Flaubert
- But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use…
- I invite all brats to throw their cookies at the baker's head if they're not sweet, winos to chuck their wine if it's bad, the…
- The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.
- The idea of bringing someone into the world fills me with horror. I would curse myself if I were a father. A son of mine!…
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- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
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- An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. — Honore de Balzac
- Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. — Honore de Balzac