Casting aspersions on those we love always does something to loosen our ties. We shouldn't maltreat our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.

Le denigrement de ceux que nous aimons toujours nous en detache quelque peu. Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains.

Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

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Topic

Criticizing others

Author

Gustave Flaubert

Source

Madame Bovary

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 3, ch. 6.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Pablo Picasso
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.