13/21 I am told they who see much of the world, lose their faith in human virtue, their belief in sincerity, their implicit trust in what seems good and fair. All the pleasures of the world would not be an equivalent for the loss of these." "And do you possess all these now ?" "I think I do. I have never yet been deceived. I should doubt that the setting sun would rise again, as soon as the truth of those who have professed to love me. |