That which is beautiful is moral. That is all, nothing more.
Gustave Flaubert Quotes
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are longing to move the stars to pity.
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| Birth: | 12th December, 1821 |
| Death: | 8th May, 1880 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwriter, Writer |
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Gustave Flaubert was an influential French writer widely considered one of the greatest novelists in Western literature. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary, for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.
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