The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.Charlotte Brontë · Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
Read the saying and check its sourcesThe human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.
Charlotte Brontë · Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
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- Wikiquote (en) · Charlotte Brontë · Quotes / Jane Eyre (1847) · estratto «The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone» · Jane to Rochester (Ch. 14)
- Charlotte Brontë · Jane Eyre: An Autobiography · Riscontro testuale dell’estratto; edizione Gutenberg 1260
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