Joseph Addison Quote

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued restraint, while nature has preserved the eyes to herself, that she may not be disguised or misrepresented.


Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical (1917)


The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued...

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued...

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued...

The intelligence of affection is carried on by the eye only; good-breeding has made the tongue falsify the heart, and act a part of continued...