After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewil…

Edith Wharton
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others. ✨ Edith Wharton, Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis, Nancy Lewis (1988). The letters of Edith Wharton, Macmillan Reference USA
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