When once—which every body must be—you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted your own innocence o… - Frances Burney

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When once—which every body must be—you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted your own innocence of heart. Experience will prove the depravity of mankind, and the conviction of it only serves to create distrust, suspicion—caution—and sometimes causelessly.