Margaret of Valois Quote

Men are so accustomed to lie, that one can not take too many precautions before trusting them — if they are to be trusted at all.


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


Men are so accustomed to lie, that one can not take too many precautions before trusting them — if they are to be trusted at all.

Men are so accustomed to lie, that one can not take too many precautions before trusting them — if they are to be trusted at all.

Men are so accustomed to lie, that one can not take too many precautions before trusting them — if they are to be trusted at all.

Men are so accustomed to lie, that one can not take too many precautions before trusting them — if they are to be trusted at all.