The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he m…

Gustave Flaubert
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The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. ✨ Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857, p.186, Harvard University Press
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