When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we

Image, When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we

When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended.

—Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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