George MacDonald
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What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets ? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures. ✨ George Macdonald (2012). The Lost Princess: A Double Tale, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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