“Mankind are not perfect, but one age is more or less hypocritical than another, and then simpletons say that its morality is high or low.”

— Honoré de Balzac , book Le Pere Goriot

L'homme est imparfait. Il est parfois plus ou moins hypocrite, et les niais disent alors qu'il a ou n'a pas de mœurs.
Part II.
Le Père Goriot (1835)
Variant: Man is imperfect. He is at some times more or less hypocritical than at others, and then simpletons say that his morality is high or low.

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L'homme est imparfait. Il est parfois plus ou moins hypocrite, et les niais disent alors qu'il a ou n'a pas de mœurs.

Le Père Goriot (1835)
Variant: L’homme est imparfait. Il est parfois plus ou moins hypocrite, et les niais disent alors qu’il a ou n’a pas de mœurs.

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