"Defects in the soul are like wounds in the body: whatever care is taken to heal them the scars always show"
— La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de (1613-1680)
Date
1665
Metaphor
"Defects in the soul are like wounds in the body: whatever care is taken to heal them the scars always show"
Metaphor in Context
194. Defects in the soul are like wounds in the body: whatever care is taken to heal them the scars always show. Moreover they are liable to reopen at any moment.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
La Rochefoucauld. Maxims. Trans Leonard Tancock (London: Penguin, 1959).
Date of Entry
03/05/2006
