"I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly."
-Gustave Flaubert
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"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.“
-Gustave Flaubert
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