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“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
EVEQUOTE ARCHIVE // Quote by Gustave Flaubert
“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
Gustave Flaubert
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AuthorGustave Flaubert
DisciplineNovelist
Born12 December 1821
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Gustave Flaubert was an influential French novelist who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism in his country.
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