Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.[Ils ne se servent de la pensée que pour autoriser leurs injustices, et n’emploient les paroles que pour déguiser leurs pensées.]
Source:Dialogue xiv, Le Chapon et la Poularde (1763); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Page 986
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