How sweet it would be to live in society if the countenance always reflected the disposition, if decency were virtue, and if our maxims were our rules of action.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


How sweet it would be to live in society if the countenance always reflected the disposition, if decency were virtue, and if our maxims were our...

How sweet it would be to live in society if the countenance always reflected the disposition, if decency were virtue, and if our maxims were our...

How sweet it would be to live in society if the countenance always reflected the disposition, if decency were virtue, and if our maxims were our...

How sweet it would be to live in society if the countenance always reflected the disposition, if decency were virtue, and if our maxims were our...