• In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.

    David Hume: In public affairs men are often better pleased that the truth, though known to everybody, should be wrapped up under a decent cover than if it were exposed in open daylight to the eyes of all the world.
    David Hume (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)”, p.1807, Delphi Classics