Quote#Self
A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that…
Quote byHarriet Beecher Stowe · 1811–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Little Foxes (1865), Ch. 4..
English (original)
A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will and to establish over himself a jealous guardianship.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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