It is less mortifying to believe ones self unpopular than insignificant and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.

It is less mortifying to believe ones self unpopular than insignificant and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.
Edith Wharton

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It is less mortifying to believe ones self unpopular than insignificant and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. Edith Wharton

It is less mortifying to believe ones self unpopular than insignificant and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.
Edith Wharton