What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! — Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! — Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! — Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! — Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds! — Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
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What wretched poverty of language! To compare stars to diamonds!

— Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
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