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Everything is there: the love of Art.

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
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What is beautiful is moral, that is all there is to it.
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Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
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