145.--We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims — François de La Rochefoucauld

145.--We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

Place: ¶269
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