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A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 5, 2020 at 1:29 pm
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?
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RE: A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 12, 2020 at 5:19 pm
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.
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RE: A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 12, 2020 at 5:47 pm
Bump for those interested...
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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
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RE: A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 12, 2020 at 5:49 pm
All I know about Flaubert is that he makes a brief appearance in Jimmy Buffett's 'Love In The Library'.
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RE: A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 13, 2020 at 4:24 pm
Ah, yes - Joe Flaubert. The 'Daniel Baldwin' of the Flaubert family.
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RE: A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 13, 2020 at 10:22 pm
I searched for Flaubert quotes, found many, and I am unimpressed. Pretty much a dick!
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RE: A quote supposedly from Gustave Flaubert
January 14, 2020 at 6:42 am
(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?
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