Charles Dickens Grain Quotations

. . . it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.

No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.