Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest novelists in Western literature. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.
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Famous quotes by gustave flaubert:
“What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“It is the fault of fate.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)