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“One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“The finest works of art are those in which there is the least matter. The closer expression comes to thought, the more the word clings to the idea and disappears, the more beautiful the work of art.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

“The future is the worst thing about the present.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)