I set it down as a fact that if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. This is apparent from the quarrels which arise from the indiscreet tales told from time to time. [I say, further, all men would be ...]

الموضع: Part I, 1, 2, c. 1, section 4.[44] · ¶343
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