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“You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.
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From Chapter SEVEN of Little Women. This is fictional dialogue or narration; its meaning depends on the surrounding scene, not on treating it as the author’s personal advice.
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Source: Little Women , Chapter SEVEN
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