I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older.


Book iii. Chap 2. Of Repentance - Essais (1595) - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)


I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little the more as I grow older.