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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. - Gust

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. – Gustave Flaubert

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I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly. – Gustave Flaubert

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