But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and that alone?


Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle (1892 edition)

Geraldine Jewsbury Quotes

But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one...

But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one...

But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one...

But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one...