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There is nothing more humiliating than seeing fools succeed where one has failed oneself.[Rien n’est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans les entreprises où l’on échoue.]

Source:(Penguin Books, ed. 1964), Part I, Chapter V, Page 72
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Gustave Flaubert (Sentimental Education Quotes)
  • Book: Sentimental Education
  • Writer: Gustave Flaubert
  • Genre: Fiction, Realism
  • Published: 1869
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