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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.
Gustave Flaubert

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Novelist Quotes
Category:
French Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
December 12, 1821
Date of Death:
May 8, 1880
Nationality:
French
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