Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.
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I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.Gustave Flaubert
Since you are now studying geometry and trigonometry, I will give you a problem. A ship sails the ocean. It left Boston with a cargo of wool. It grosses 200 tons. It is bound for Le Havre. The mainmast is broken, the cabin boy is on deck, there are 12 passengers aboard, the wind is blowing East-North-East, the clock points to a quarter past three in the afternoon. It is the month of May. How old is the captain.
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Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.
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Madame Bovary is myself.
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Read in order to live.
Gustave Flaubert
The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.
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