Truthfulness IV: Day 186 readings from "Character And Conduct" - July 7

Readings for July 7 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Truthfulness"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n205/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_188

Authors featured today:

Robert Louis Stevenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson
The text attributed to "Amman" is most often attributed to Henri-Frédéric Amiel https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22violated%20by%20falsehood%22&sin=TXT (it was attributed to "Ammiau" in the 5 November 1908 edition of "The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star" https://archive.org/details/millennialstar7045eng/page/800/mode/2up?q=violated+by+falsehood)
Henri-Frédéric Amiel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Amiel

Book featured for July 7:

"Virginibus Puerisque" by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Virginibus%20Puerisque
http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/works/virginibus-puerisque-1881/

Stevenson's title is from Horace's Odes 3.1.4: virginibus puerisque canto ("I sing to maids and youths").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odes_(Horace)

Image:

1887 photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert-louis-stevenson.jpg