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A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

Gustave Flaubert, in Art and Literature

This is an aphorism from Aphorisms Galore!'s official collection. It was the Aphorism of the Day for 2020-08-07.

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