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Quote by Gustave Flaubert
The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. – Gustave Flaubert

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An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. – Gustave Flaubert

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Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. – Gustave Flaubert

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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but its a family thing, and I guess its clean. – Barbara Bush

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I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful. – Sarah Jessica Parker

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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together. – Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. – Douglas Adams

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But it is presumptuous to scrutinize too far into these matters: Ghosts have undoubtedly forms and customs peculiar to themselves. – Francis Grose, “Superstitions: A Ghost,” A Provincial Glossary, with a Collectio

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