The infinite stupidity of the masses makes me indulgent to individualities, however odious they may be.


Letter to George Sand. As quoted in: The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert letters (1922), p. 111


The infinite stupidity of the masses makes me indulgent to individualities, however odious they may be.

The infinite stupidity of the masses makes me indulgent to individualities, however odious they may be.

The infinite stupidity of the masses makes me indulgent to individualities, however odious they may be.

The infinite stupidity of the masses makes me indulgent to individualities, however odious they may be.