“ Lies, so often misleading and which form the substance of all conversations, are less effective in covering up a feeling of dislike or of self-interest, or a visit one would rather people did not know about, or a one-day fling one wants to conceal from one’s wife – than a good reputation is in utterly overshadowing disreputable habits. ”
Marcel Proust, The Prisoner (1923). copy citation
Author | Marcel Proust |
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Source | The Prisoner |
Topic | conversation reputation |
Date | 1923 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Carol Clark |
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