vyoleta: This sentence is from a novel. It doesn't matter from which novel, I don't want to draw attention to its literature point, but to the meaning of it.
It says something like this: One shouldn't seek to reveal men's weaknesses because it could distract his/her credence given to the world.
Whose credence, the mans whose weakness is revealed or the one who revealed the weakness?
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It says something like this: One shouldn't seek to reveal men's weaknesses because it could distract his/her credence given to the world.