Carolina QuotesThere are two beings who assess character instantly by looking into the eyes,—dogs and children. If a dog not naturally possessed of the devil will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience; and if a little child, from any other reason than mere timidity, looks you in the face, and then draws back and will not come to your knee, go home and look deeper yet into your conscience.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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“Young People and the Church“ (13 October 1904) — Variant: If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience.
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- 1904
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