Gustave Flaubert Quote

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.


Correspondence - Letters to Madame Louise Colet (14 June 1853)


You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.