Alexis de Tocqueville Quote

Unable to judge at once of the social position of those he meets, an Englishman prudently avoids all contact with them. Men are afraid lest some slight service rendered should draw them into an unsuitable acquaintance; they dread civilities, and they avoid the obtrusive gratitude of a stranger quite as much as his hatred.


De la Démocratie en Amérique (1835–40)


Unable to judge at once of the social position of those he meets, an Englishman prudently avoids all contact with them. Men are afraid lest some...

Unable to judge at once of the social position of those he meets, an Englishman prudently avoids all contact with them. Men are afraid lest some...

Unable to judge at once of the social position of those he meets, an Englishman prudently avoids all contact with them. Men are afraid lest some...

Unable to judge at once of the social position of those he meets, an Englishman prudently avoids all contact with them. Men are afraid lest some...