For which of us is careful of a secret that redounds to our credit?
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
It was speedily followed by another, which in many respects redounds to the credit of the young conqueror.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
"That old Rome," says he, "which plumed itself upon conquests and military virtue, should have brought so many other nations under its dominion, redounds, according to the general maxims of mankind, to her credit and glory; but, upon the slightest reflection, can excite little surprise.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh