Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes

In some way the secret vice exhales its poison; and the evil passion, however cunningly masked, stains through to the surface.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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• In some way the secret vice exhales its poison; and the evil passion, however cunningly masked, stains through to the surface.

  

  Edwin Hubbell Chapin
  • Passion
  • Secret
  • Poison