Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the … - Gustave Flaubert

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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.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert (December 12 1821 – May 8 1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics.

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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. - Gustave Flaubert

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