Unhappy he who fears the deep
Recesses of his soul to scan!
The heart that from itself would hide
Fears an unfriendly critic's ban.


Les Quatre saisons, ou les Géorgiques françoises, poëme (1763), Chant IV.

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis Quotes

Unhappy he who fears the deep Recesses of his soul to scan! The heart that from itself would hide Fears an unfriendly critic's ban.

Unhappy he who fears the deep Recesses of his soul to scan! The heart that from itself would hide Fears an unfriendly critic's ban.

Unhappy he who fears the deep Recesses of his soul to scan! The heart that from itself would hide Fears an unfriendly critic's ban.

Unhappy he who fears the deep Recesses of his soul to scan! The heart that from itself would hide Fears an unfriendly critic's ban.