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La Rochefoucauld 012: Whatever care we take to conceal our passions under the appearances of piety ...
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Whatever care we take to conceal our passions under the appearances of piety and honour, they are always to be seen through these veils. [The 1st edition, 1665, preserves the image perhaps better--"however we may conceal our passions under the veil, etc., there is always some place where they peep out."]
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_012
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