Degrees Quote by Gustave Flaubert

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes…

— Gustave Flaubert

“But vilifying those we love always detaches us from them a little. We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our…

— Gustave Flaubert

We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands.

— Gustave Flaubert

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…

— Gustave Flaubert

“One should be wary of touching one’s idols, for the gilt comes off on one’s fingertips.”

— David Mitchell

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love…

— Philip K. Dick

It is difficult to take in that your idols are in the same place as you are.

— Neymar

Try not to have idols: they are interchangeable and lead to a wantonness that is easily mistaken for love.

— Hildegard Knef

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

— Mark Driscoll

When you idolise someone, or you hold someone in such high regard, you just want them to be everything that you think there are…

— Carey Mulligan

To adapt a phrase, idols have consequences.

— Nancy Pearcey

I think we all grow up with idols and things like that.

— Hope Sandoval