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Elizabeth Gaskell: People may flatter...

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People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

Source: Lady Cumnor, in Wives and Daughters, ch. 50, 1866.
-- Elizabeth Gaskell, (Sep 29 1810-1865), English novelist, short-story writer; She was known for a sympathetic portrayal of the working class, Cranford, 1853; first biographer of Charlotte Bronte


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