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Quotation from Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
“Pride, anger, gluttony, and idleness, are sometimes conquered, but the conversion of a malicious and envious mind is a kind of miracle.”
Beauty and the Beast, The fairy's judgment, trans. Anonymous English chapbook version
After turning the sisters into statues, the fairy doubts they will ever repent.
Citation: "Pride, anger, gluttony, and idleness, are sometimes conquered, but the conversion of a malicious and envious mind is a kind of miracle." — Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast, The fairy's judgment, trans. Anonymous English chapbook version. (id beaumont-beauty-and-the-beast-q5)
Portrait: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Unidentified painter, Public domain.
