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Gustave Flaubert Quote
 | Source/Notes: Attributed. Although, there is one phrase in the book "Gustave Flaubert, Écrivan" (1969) by Maurice Nadeau which contains the same idea: "Toutes les vérités s'équivalent, il n'y a pas de vérité." (All Truths are equivalent; There is no truth) |
| “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 stars to pity.” ―Gustave Flaubert Source/Notes: Madame Bovary (1856) |
| “One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier.” ―Gustave Flaubert Source/Notes: Letter to Madame Louise Colet (October 22, 1846) |
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Gustave Flaubert
Born: December 12, 1821
Died: May 8, 1880 (aged 58)
Nationality: French
Occupation: Novelist, playwright
Bio: Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary, for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.
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