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Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
Age: 58 †
Born: 1821
Born: December 12
Died: 1880
Died: May 8
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Flaubert
Anything
Look
Looks
Enough
Long
Becomes
Interesting

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