Richard Steele Quote

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.


The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers and the Spectator's Club (ed. 1895)


The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.