There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.


Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld (ed. 1851)


There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.