But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a usel…

Gustave Flaubert
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But the most wretched thing, is it not-is to drag out, as I do, a useless existence. If our pains were only of some use to someone, we should find consolation in the thought of the sacrifice. ✨ Gustave Flaubert (2015). Greatest Works of Gustave Flaubert: Madame Bovary, Senitmental Education, November, A Simple Heart, Herodias and more, p.193, e-artnow
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