See many skies and seas.

Voir beaucoup de ciel et beaucoup de mer.

Gustave Flaubert

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Topic

Broadening one's horizons Travel

Author

Gustave Flaubert

Source

Letters of Gustave Flaubert

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie. c. 1840.

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Another quote by Gustave Flaubert

We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands.

Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

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Topic
Idols

Author

Gustave Flaubert
Source
Madame Bovary
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 3, ch. 6.

Another quote from the 1850s

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Topic
The masses The human condition

Author

Henry David Thoreau
Source
Economy Walden
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Another quote about Travel

Railway termini... Are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Howards End

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Topic
Trains Travel

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)
Source
Howards End
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Forster, E.M. Howards End. Edward Arnold, 1910, ch. 2.

Another quote originally in French

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

Voltaire

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Topic
Existence of God God

Author

Voltaire
Source
Letter to the Author of The Three Imposters
Medium
Letter
Language
French
Time
1768 1760s 18th century
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Citation

Voltaire. Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs [Letter to the author of The Three Impostors]. 10 Nov. 1770.

Another quote of the following type Advice

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

Give Peace a Chance

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Topic
Anti-war Peace
Speaker
John Lennon
Source
Give Peace a Chance
Medium
Song
Genre
Pop music
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. Give Peace a Chance. Performed by Plastic Ono Band. Apple Records, 1969.