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

“The fairies' gift of greatest worth Is grace of bearing, not high birth;”

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 close of the first moral sets grace of bearing above rank.

Citation: "The fairies' gift of greatest worth Is grace of bearing, not high birth;" — Charles Perrault, Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper, The Moral, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion. (id perrault-cinderella-q5)

Virtues: Humility

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

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