one something, one wholly well. bastard existences sell suet day write — Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert Egypt: A Sensibility Tour

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When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at night are made for mediocre minds – like those horses that are equally good for saddle and carriage, the worst kind, that can neither jump a ditch nor pull a plow.

Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour

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