Friday, May 21, 2004

 

Non Multa Sed Multum

Gustave Flaubert, letter to Louise Colet, February 17, 1853:
How learned one would be, if one knew well only five or six books! (Comme l'on serait savant si l'on connaissait bien seulment cinq à six livres!)
The question is, which five or six?

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 3:40 AM


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