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:
“The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“It is the fault of fate.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)