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It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert
Age: 58 †
Born: 1821
Born: December 12
Died: 1880
Died: May 8
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May I die like a dog rather than hasten the ripening of a sentence by a single second!
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One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.
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I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.
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One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.
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Antiquite . en tout ce qui s'y rapporte: Est poncif, embe tant! etc. Antiquity. And everything to do with it, cliche d and boring.
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