Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.
(Letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie, 1857)
Gustave Flaubert
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying. If you knew all the dreams I've dreamed!
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