Naturalness and ease of manner-a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret… — Gustave Flaubert
Naturalness and ease of manner-a product of sophistication which the gullible interpret as a sign of instant affinity.
In the original French
Une pareille aisance de manieres, cette simplicite, qui est un raffinement, et ou les naifs apercoivent l'expression d'une sympathie instantee.
Sentimental Education · 1869
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Flaubert, Gustave. Sentimental Education, translated by Patrick Coleman and Helen Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2016, pt. 1, ch. 5.
Original citation
Flaubert, Gustave. L'Education sentimentale [Sentimental Education]. Paris: Michel Levy, 1869, pt. 1, ch. 5.