Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Mary Wollstonecraft
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
I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent. Tom Hooper
Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt. Marcus V. Pollio
