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Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment.
         

Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment.


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Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.



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And she felt as though she had been there, on that bench, for an eternity. For an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.

And she felt as though she had been there, on that bench, for an eternity. For an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.





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