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Gilt Quotes By Gustave Flaubert: We must not touch our idols; the gilt

We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers. — Gustave Flaubert

Gilt Quotes By Julian Assange: I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be. — Julian Assange

Gilt Quotes By John Bolton: I'm not running around the world looking for

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities. — John Bolton

Gilt Quotes By Patrick O'Brian: For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination

For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it ... — Patrick O'Brian

Gilt Quotes By Gustave Flaubert: Idols must never be touched: the gilt will

Idols must never be touched: the gilt will come off on our hands. — Gustave Flaubert

Gilt Quotes By Manu Joseph: In the twilight that was now the colour

In the twilight that was now the colour of dust, in the fury of horns that was a national language because honking had telegraphic properties.. — Manu Joseph

Gilt Quotes By Gustave Flaubert: Casting aspersions on those we love always does

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

Gilt Quotes By Les Wexner: Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make?

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments? — Les Wexner

Gilt Quotes By Gustave Flaubert: But the disparaging of those we love always

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

Gilt Quotes By Aldous Huxley: From within that chipped gilt frame all the

From within that chipped gilt frame all the beauty, all the grandeur of religion looked darkly out upon the pink room. — Aldous Huxley

Gilt Quotes By Catherine Robinson-Walker: When challenges present themselves, practice will permit you

When challenges present themselves, practice will permit you to draw on the wisdom and learning you cultivate as you learn to lead valiantly. — Catherine Robinson-Walker

Gilt Quotes By Michael Cunningham: You have failed in the most base and

You have failed in the most base and human of ways
you have not imagined the lives of others. — Michael Cunningham

Gilt Quotes By Geoffrey Chaucer: Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt

Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight. — Geoffrey Chaucer

Gilt Quotes By Joel Dorman Steele: In Nature all is common, and no use

In Nature all is common, and no use is base. She keeps no selected elements done up in gilt papers for sensitive people. — Joel Dorman Steele

Gilt Quotes By H. Rider Haggard: Civilization is only savagery silver-gilt.

Civilization is only savagery silver-gilt. — H. Rider Haggard

Gilt Quotes By Vitruvius: Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it,

Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt. — Vitruvius

Gilt Quotes By Stephen Cole Kleene: Those three years ended with June 1933. At

Those three years ended with June 1933. At that time I left Princeton, having submitted my Ph.D. thesis. — Stephen Cole Kleene

Gilt Quotes By Elizabeth Bishop: Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the

Open the book. (The gilt rubs off the edges of the pages and pollinates the fingertips.) — Elizabeth Bishop

Gilt Quotes By Mark Twain: I have replaced his tin life with a

I have replaced his tin life with a silver-gilt fiction — Mark Twain

Gilt Quotes By S.C. Stephens: But what it all boils down to is

But what it all boils down to is three words that don't mean nearly enough ... I love you. — S.C. Stephens

Gilt Quotes By Jodi Picoult: I wondered why the head could move so

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet. — Jodi Picoult

Gilt Quotes By Elizabeth Berg: Do you guys ever think about how Hitler

Do you guys ever think about how Hitler has affected the whole world? That just one man did all this? I mean, what if he had been a good man, instead? — Elizabeth Berg

Gilt Quotes By Tom Hooper: I think directors can become overly infatuated by

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent. — Tom Hooper

Gilt Quotes By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Every human act can be disguised with a

Every human act can be disguised with a coating of gilt. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Gilt Quotes By Jesse Andrews: Mitzvah" is Hebrew for "colossal pain in the

Mitzvah" is Hebrew for "colossal pain in the ass. — Jesse Andrews

Gilt Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut: I concluded that my mind was so ordinary,

I concluded that my mind was so ordinary, which is to say empty, that I could never be anything but a reasonably good camera. — Kurt Vonnegut

Gilt Quotes By Oscar Wilde: The binding was of citron-green leather, with a

The binding was of citron-green leather, with a design of gilt trellis-work and dotted pomegranates. — Oscar Wilde

Gilt Quotes By Eric Idle: The room was rococo. I had a strong

The room was rococo. I had a strong sense of gilt. — Eric Idle

Gilt Quotes By Henry James: You're like a picture; you ought to be

You're like a picture; you ought to be enclosed in a gilt frame and stand against the wall. — Henry James