Rien n'est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans le… - Gustave Flaubert

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Rien n'est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans les entreprises où l'on échoue.

Gustave Flaubert

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Gustave Flaubert (December 12 1821 – May 8 1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857), for his Correspondence, and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics.

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Rien n'est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans les entreprises où l'on échoue. - Gustave Flaubert

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