Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

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"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work."

- Gustave Flaubert

Balance

"Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings."

- Gustave Flaubert

Hope

"I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within."

- Gustave Flaubert

Self-awareness

"A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies"

- Gustave Flaubert

Adversity

"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."

- Gustave Flaubert

Creativity

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

Awareness