“ In judging a man one must take account of more than a single little act. ”
George Sand, Mauprat (1837). copy citation
| Author | George Sand |
|---|---|
| Source | Mauprat |
| Topic | accounting acts |
| Date | 1837 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by John Oliver Hobbes |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mauprat_(Heinemann) |
Context
“Make inquiries about me; in my village they call me 'the great judge.' When my fellow-villagers ask me to decide some tavern dispute or the boundary of some field, I do not so much listen to their opinions as my own. In judging a man one must take account of more than a single little act. Many previous ones will help to show the truth or falsity of the last that is imputed to him. Thus, being unable to believe that Bernard was a murderer, and having heard more than a dozen people, whom I consider incapable of giving false evidence, testify to the fact that a monk 'bearing a resemblance to the Mauprats' had been prowling about the country, and having myself seen this monk's back and habit as he was passing through Pouligny on the morning of the event, I wished to discover if he was in Varenne;”
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