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Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

Gustave Flaubert

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The public wants work which flatters its illusions.
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The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.
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A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.
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For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat.
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Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
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Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
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The future is the worst thing about the present.
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