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We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands. — Gustave Flaubert

Novel

We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands.

In the original French

Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains.

Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary · 1857
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Idols
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Novel
Time
1857
Person
Gustave Flaubert
Provenance
Current citation
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 3, ch. 6.
Original citation
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

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