A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.


Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (ed. 1839)


A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into...

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into...

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into...

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into...