The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 6
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Based on a course of lectures, "The Conduct of Life," delivered in Pittsburg (1851-03).

See Johnson.

 
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