“Piety, a sign of strength in some characters, is in others a sign of weakness. It is never without significance: for if on the one hand it is attractive in those who are virtuous, it completes the degradation of those who are not.” – Montesquieu, “Appendix 10,” Persian Letters (trans. Betts)
Ground down and cast away
May 18th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Tags: Lit & Crit
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1 Averil Dean // May 20, 2012 at 6:16 am
Have you been talking to my ex-husband?
2 Tetman Callis // May 20, 2012 at 6:57 am
Not to my knowledge.
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