The greatest thing the human soul ever does is to see someth... - Théophile Gautier

This quote is attributed to Théophile Gautier.

"The greatest thing the human soul ever does is to see something clearly and to say what it has seen in plain speech."

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Poet Novelist French 1811–1872

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