“Be orderly and disciplined in daily life, like a good bourgeois, so that I might be wild and violent in my art.”
Quote by Gustave Flaubert
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Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert, born on December 12, 1821 and died on May 8, 1880, was a prominent French writer of the 19th century. Known for his exquisite literary skills and profound psychological portrayals, Flaubert is best remembered for his masterpiece 'Madame Bovary'. more
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Source: The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857