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Gustave Flaubert Quotes

Women want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist they blame you.[Les femmes veulent qu’on les trompe, elles vous y forcent, et si vous résistez, elles vous accusent.]

Source:Letter to Louise Colet (August 11, 1846), The Letter of Gustave Flaubert (1830-1857), (ed. 1980), Page 56
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  • Name: Gustave Flaubert
  • Profession: Writer, Novelist
  • Born: December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880
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