Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. - Honoré de Balzac (Letters of Two Brides Quotes)

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.[La politesse cache très imparfaitement l’égoïsme général.]

Source:(Gebbie Publishing Co., ed. 1898), Part I, Chapter VII. Louise de Chaulieu to Renée de Maucombe, Page 179
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