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“¿Sabéis lo que hace tan delicada al paladar la carne de esos patés trufados de Estrasburgo con los que os atracáis en la comida? Pues que al animal que os reservaban lo hicieron saltar sobre planchas de metal al rojo vivo, y que no lo mataron sino hasta que su hígado se puso lo bastante hinchado y tumefacto para resultar apetitoso. ¡Qué importa su suplicio si ha contribuido a hacernos disfrutar! También el genio se eleva en lento sufrimiento, esos gritos del corazón que admiráis, esos pensamientos elevados que os hacen vibrar, nacieron de lagrimas que no habéis visto, de angustias que desconocéis. ¿Y eso qué? Bien debía terminar comido el animal y bien había de hablar el poeta. ¡Mejor pues que hayan sufrido en sus entrañas, si la carne del primero es exquisita, si deleitosa la frase del segundo!”

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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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