The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous or thinking that they can be… — Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke
The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous or thinking that they can be made so by laws.
1728
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Lord Bolingbrooke. Quoted in Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, written by Joseph Spence, edited by Samuel Weller Singer. W. H. Carpenter, 1820.
