Tuesday, April 6, 2010

False Humility

What a thought! How often do we think of something we do as a virtue which is merely a vice by another name?

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.
~Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

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