La Rochefoucauld §laroch_412: Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to r...

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character. ["This is hardly a period at which the most irregular character may not be redeemed. The mistakes of one sin find a retreat in patriotism, those of the other in devotion." --Junius, Letter To The King.]