The mirrors are the follies of all others.
(Mirrors are faithful painters on the whole;)
And you know well as I do, brothers, that the brook Is the wise "Maxim-book."[1]
NOTES:
[1]Rochefoucauld's Maxims are the most extraordinary dissections of human selfishness ever made.
FABLE 11. THE DRAGON WITH MANY HEADS,AND THE DRAGON WITH MANY TAILS