People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?


Conversations with an Ambitious Student in Ill Health: With Other Pieces (ed. 1832)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quotes

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?

People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such praise?