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(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
Age: 58 †
Born: 1821
Born: December 12
Died: 1880
Died: May 8
Novelist
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Flaubert
Things
Contrasts
Gleam
Splendid
Egypt
Contrast
Dust
Place
Great

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