Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.


The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)


Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.

Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love.