Pride and resentment are not indigenous in the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.
- Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist, p.126
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Pride and resentment are not indigenous in the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.
- Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist, p.126
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