It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignifica…

Edith Wharton
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It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). House of Mirth and the Age of Innocence, p.115, Simon and Schuster
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It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). House of Mirth and the Age of Innocence, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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