Ernest Maltravers — Volume 07

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron · 1873

Every man should strive to be as good as possible, but not suppose himself to be the only thing that is good. --PLOTIN. EN. 11. lib. ix. c. 9. "Deceit is the strong but subtle chain which runs through all the members of a society, and links them together; trick or be tricked is the alternative; 'tis the way of the world, and without it intercourse would drop." /Anonymous writer/ of 1722.…

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