One can be the master of what one does, but never of what o… - Gustave Flaubert

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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

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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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels. - Gustave Flaubert

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