We are not indeed obliged always to speak what we think, but we must always think what we speak. (Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert)

We are not indeed obliged always to speak what we think, but we must always think what we speak.

Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert

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