Quote#Truth
Honour’s a mistress all mankind pursue, Yet most mistake the false…
Quote byPaul Whitehead · 1710–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Honour (1747), l. 105.
English (original)
Honour’s a mistress all mankind pursue, Yet most mistake the false one for the true: Lur’d by the trappings, dazzled by the paint, We worship oft the idol for the saint.
— Paul Whitehead
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