Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the e — Gustave Flaubert, November
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Everyone, either from modesty or egotism, hides away the best and most delicate of his soul’s possessions; to gain the esteem of others, we must only ever show our ugliest sides; this is how we keep ourselves on the common level

— Gustave Flaubert, November
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