''Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not
much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it
is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and
the great charm of all power is modesty.'' — Marmee March to her artist daughter
Amy, in American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), Little Women (1868)
(The image accompanying this post shows Laura Dern as
Marmee in the marvelous new film version of Little
Women, written and directed by Greta Gerwig.)
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