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Gustave Flaubert

French novelist

1821–1880

15 quotes, most often on Art, Clever Jabs and Writing.

Human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars.
Madame Bovary (1857), Part II, Chapter TwelveIn context
- Music
- Talking
Charles’s conversation was commonplace as a street pavement, and everyone’s ideas trooped through it in their everyday garb, without exciting emotion, laughter, or thought.
Madame Bovary (1857), Part I, Chapter SevenIn context
- Clever Jabs
- Talking

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