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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like th

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. – Gustave Flaubert

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Stupidity is something unshakable nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant. – Gustave Flaubert

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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. – Calvin Coolidge

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Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work. – Frederick Douglass

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