Quotation by Voltaire

They use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to disguise their thoughts.
Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778), French philosopher, author. Le Chapon, in Dialogues, "Le Chapon et la Poularde," (1765).

Describing the ways of men; the words echo a 1676 sermon by Robert South (1634-1716), an English theologian and preacher.
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