Quote#Self
We are strange phenomena to ourselves, when we will stop to gaze at…
Quote byLucy Larcom · 1824–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lucy Larcom : Life, Letters, and Diary (1895), Journal entry (2 March 1861), Ch. 5 : The Beginning of the War..
English (original)
We are strange phenomena to ourselves, when we will stop to gaze at ourselves; but that I do not believe in; there are pleasanter subjects, and self is a mere speck on the great horizon of life.
— Lucy Larcom
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