Gustave Flaubert Quote

Naturalness and ease of manner—a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.


A Sentimental Education (1869) pt. 1, ch. 5 (translated by Douglas Parmée)


Naturalness and ease of manner—a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.

Naturalness and ease of manner—a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.

Naturalness and ease of manner—a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.

Naturalness and ease of manner—a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.