Ashamed Quote by Charles Kingsley

“For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first upgrowth of all virtue.” quote by Charles Kingsley — Download Open image

“For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first upgrowth of all virtue.”

Charles Kingsley

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