Gustave Flaubert Quote

DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good' Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a jack-ass when you're no longer on terms. All are materialists: 'you can't probe for faith with a scalpel.'


The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas (1881), trans. Jaques Barzun (1968)


DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good' Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a...

DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good' Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a...

DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good' Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a...

DOCTOR. Always preceded by 'The good' Among men, in familiar conversation, 'Oh! balls, doctor!' Is a wizard when he enjoys your confidence, a...