On Reflection

"The world is a mirror: to see good in the world is to see good in yourself, and to see evil in the world is to see evil in yourself. You can tell a lot about someone by how they view others."

(An entry in my diary, dated 13 Mar 2011.)

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"Some American writer has said 'the snakes in this district may be divided into one species—the venomous.'"

(Lewis Carroll, Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing)