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Quotation from Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“You didn’t do it to help ’Lias. You did it to have him grateful to you.”

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (spoken by Cousin Ann)

Understood Betsy, Chapter VIII, Betsy Starts a Sewing Society (Project Gutenberg #5347)

Portrait of Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The girls are arguing over how to present the clothes so that each will be thanked.

Citation: "You didn’t do it to help ’Lias. You did it to have him grateful to you." — Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy, Chapter VIII, Betsy Starts a Sewing Society (Project Gutenberg #5347). (id understood-betsy-q6)

Virtues: Humility, Charity

Portrait: Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Unknown author, Public domain.

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