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Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Quotes: Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin
         

Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin


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Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.



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This page presents the quote "Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fin". Author of this quote is Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary. This quote is about idols, touch, disillusionment, gilding, disappointment,.