The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.


No. 43. - Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)

William Hazlitt Quotes

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our...

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our...

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our...

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our...