Quotes from book
November

November
Gustave FlaubertOriginal title Novembre (French, 1910)

November was Gustave Flaubert's first completed work, a novella first completed in 1842.

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“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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“I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.”

Gustave Flaubert book November

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“Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom”

Gustave Flaubert book November

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“You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything”

Gustave Flaubert book November

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“He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.”

Gustave Flaubert book November

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