There is no truth. There is only perception. — Gustave Flaubert

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. — Gustave Flaubert
One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. — Gustave Flaubert
Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work. — Gustave Flaubert