The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws.


Joseph Spence Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters (1820, ed. J. M. Osborn, 1966)


The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws.

The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws.

The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws.

The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws.