Charles Caleb Colton Quote

That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)


That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the...

That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the...

That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the...

That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the...