Gustave Flaubert Letters to Madame Louise Colet: You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. (14 June 1853).

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