flaubert-common-level

April 7, 2025

Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must only ever show our ugliest sides; this is how we keep ourselves on the common level.

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Thought:

“I hate these phrases: Of power absolute,

Of full authority, Full proper motion.

The divine laws they have trod under foot —

And human too — for private man’s promotion.”

Joshua Sylvester | from the French of Guy du Faur de Pibrac

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