Gustave Flaubert quote: So long as there is gold underneath, who cares about the dust on top? Literature! That old whore! We must ...

So long as there is gold underneath, who cares about the dust on top? Literature! That old whore! We must try to dose her with mercury and pills and clean her out from top to bottom, she has been so ultra-screwed by ...

~ Gustave Flaubert ~

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