On the record
For a man’s character is a strangely fitted mosaic, and it is unsafe to assume that all his traits are of one piece, or inseparable in fact because they ought to be inseparable by logic.
Said by
John Morley
Source
gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “For a man’s character is a strangely fitted mosaic, and it is unsafe to assume that all his traits are of one piece, or…”
Editor's note · Context
Morley uses a metaphor to illustrate the intricate and multifaceted nature of a person's character.
Share
More from John Morley
Yet he had prepared this document for the very purpose of tempting France into a declaration of war.
They might learn how the true gentleman speaks of one whom he cannot but admit to have devoted a long life to the search of truth, and allow to have sacrificed every personal prospect to the promulgation of that which appeared to him as…
People still believe that Russian diplomats are particularly crafty and clever, full of artifices and stratagems, but that is not the case.
Individuals may recover from even serious sickness; it does not appear to be the way with governments.”—Mr.
Other voices in this conversation
