Quote of Gustave Flaubert - Human speech is like a cracked...
Biography - Gustave Flaubert:
French novelist.
Born: 1821 - Died: 1880
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1821 - Died: 1880
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
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Quotes for: dance
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
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