So, do some of you happen to know, did Gustave Flaubert really say "Pulchritudo vitae in vico, ea videtur solummodo a poetis, ea non videtur a hominibus in vicis." or anything like that? If so, where?
If he did not say that, do you know who actually said that?

I've asked it elsewhere, where I am more likely to get an answer.

Maybe this forum isn't your audience. When you get to the point where you have to answer yourself (after two months)...that's a pretty good bet.

Bump for those interested...

*crickets*

don't worry, I've posted a few bloopers on the boards. There is no good metric to figure out what post will actually hit. Maybe if your post was in latin... /sarcasm

All I know about Flaubert is that he makes a brief appearance in Jimmy Buffett's 'Love In The Library'.

Boru

(January 5, 2020 at 1:29 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: So, do some of you happen to know, did Gustave Flaubert really say "Pulchritudo vitae in vico, ea videtur solummodo a poetis, ea non videtur a hominibus in vicis." or anything like that? If so, where?
If he did not say that, do you know who actually said that?

No, that was Joe who said that

Ah, yes - Joe Flaubert.  The 'Daniel Baldwin' of the Flaubert family. 

Boru

I searched for Flaubert quotes, found many, and I am unimpressed. Pretty much a dick!

I've asked another question, apparently a better one, about New Latin literature.

(January 14, 2020 at 5:09 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I've asked another question, apparently a better one, about New Latin literature.

I'm curious as to why you seem to doubt these quotes.  Skepticism is a good thing, of course, but what makes you uncertain about this?

Boru