Nous n’avouons de petits défauts que pour persuader que nous n’en avons pas de grands. - François de La Rochefoucauld

The word taste has different meanings, which it is easy to mistake. There is a difference between the taste which in certain objects has an attraction for us, and the taste that makes us understand and distinguish the qualities we judge by.

Forethought is lauded without stint, yet it can give us no guarantee about the slightest turn of events

Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.