Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was disce…

Edith Wharton
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Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self depreciation. ✨ Edith Wharton (2012). The House of Mirth, p.16, Courier Corporation
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