But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
-- Gustave Flaubert
   
Gustave Flaubert   Name:
Gustave Flaubert
Type:
Novelist
Nationality:
French
Birth:
December 12, 1821
Death:
May 8, 1880
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