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This quote is just one of 20 total Gustave Flaubert quotes in our collection. Gustave Flaubert is known for saying 'Language is like a crack'd kettle on which we beat out tunes to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.' as well as some of the following quotes.
For none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and 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.
This quote is just one of 20 total Gustave Flaubert quotes in our collection. Gustave Flaubert is known for saying 'Language is like a crack'd kettle on which we beat out tunes to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.' as well as some of the following quotes.