See many skies and seas. — Gustave Flaubert

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See many skies and seas.

In the original French

Voir beaucoup de ciel et beaucoup de mer.

Gustave Flaubert

1857

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

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