Who is Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert (UK: FLOH-bair, US: floh-BAIR, French: [ɡystav flobɛʁ]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realism strives for formal perfection, so the presentation of reality tends to be neutral, emphasizing the values and importance of style as an objective method of presenting reality". He is known especially for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857), his Correspondence, and his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Guy de Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. On the occasion of Flaubert's 198th birthday (12 December 2019), a group of researchers at CN...Read Full Biography of Gustave Flaubert
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- Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.
- I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.
- Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
- Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
- The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
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Cryptocesar26: an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space. -gustave flaubertPhilosophersmag: what are we to believe in, then? nothing. that is the beginning of wisdom. it is time to rid ourselves of 'principles' and to espouse science, objective inquiry.--gustave flaubert
Sociotrip: “travel makes one modest. you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – gustave flaubert
Janicelindstrom: “the art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” – gustave flaubert
W_tripsolution: “travel makes one modest. you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – gustave flaubert
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