They did not seem in the least to suspect that our judgments judge us, and that nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses more ingenuously than the attitude ofpronouncing upon our fellows.

Paul Valéry (1871-1945) French poet, critic, author, polymath
Monsieur Teste (1919)

 
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