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Quotation from Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper by Charles Perrault

“But that rare quality call'd grace, Exceeds, by far, a handsome face;”

Charles Perrault (spoken by Narrator (verse moral))

Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper, The Moral, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion

Portrait of Charles Perrault

The first verse moral names grace, not beauty, as the godmother's real gift.

Citation: "But that rare quality call'd grace, Exceeds, by far, a handsome face;" — Charles Perrault, Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper, The Moral, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion. (id perrault-cinderella-q4)

Portrait: Portrait de Charles Perrault par Charles Le Brun (détail), Charles Le Brun, Public domain.

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