Quote#Wisdom
As towards most other things of which we have but little personal…
Quote byVernon Lee · 1856–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Against Talking", in Hortus Vitae (1904) p. 119.
English (original)
As towards most other things of which we have but little personal experience (foreigners, or socialists, or aristocrats, as the case may be), there is a degree of vague ill-will towards what is called Thinking.
— Vernon Lee
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