" How hard it is for a father‚ when he’s loved his son dearly and done all he can to make him into an honest man‚ to find out in the end that all he’s got is a scoundrel who’s a disgrace to him! An accident of fate one can get over. It fades with time‚ as does the grief it causes. But what remedy is there for an evil that grows worse every day‚ as happens with the dissolute behaviour of a depraved son who’s lost all sense of honour? You’ve nothing to say‚ wretch‚” he added. “Just look at that false modesty and hypocritical meekness. Anyone would think you were the most honest man alive! "
― Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles , Manon Lescaut