Carolina QuotesWhere do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 2.
- work
- Alvin Journeyman (1995)
- year
- 1995
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“Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows hi…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1085CB279A. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1085cb279a
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