The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost… — Gustave Flaubert

The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame.

In the original French

La célébrité la plus complète ne vous assouvit point et l’on meurt presque toujours dans l’incertitude de son propre nom, à moins d’être un sot. Donc l’illustration ne vous classe pas plus à vos propres yeux que l’obscurité.

1852
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Flaubert, Gustave. Letters of Gustave Flaubert, edited by Richard Rumbold, translated by J. M. Cohen. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1950.
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Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Maxime Du Camp. 26 June 1852.

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