After training him to the habit of reasoning accurately and not letting himself be taken in by vain words, he had omitted to tell him that in a person of little repute this habit is a crime; for sound reasoning always gives offence.
Après lui avoir donné l’habitude de raisonner juste et de ne pas se laisser payer de vaines paroles, il avait négligé de lui dire que, chez l’être peu considéré, cette habitude est un crime ; car tout bon raisonnement offense.