It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and… — Gustave Flaubert
It is splendid to be a great writer, to put men into the frying pan of your words and make them pop like chestnuts.
In the original French
Il est beau d’être un gd écrivain, de tenir les hommes dans la poële à frire de sa phrase et de les y faire sauter comme des marrons
1851
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Flaubert, Gustave. The Letters of Gustave Flaubert 1830-1857, translated and edited by Francis Steegmuller. Faber and Faber, 1981.
Original citation
Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Louise Colet. 3 Nov. 1851.
