The most perilous thing in friendship is to let a friend know that we want to reform him.
Winifred Kirkland
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Tendency to Testify — The Joys of Being a Woman, and Other Papers (1918); Complete sentence in essay X, discussing friends who try to impose their religious creeds. Surrounding argument read; author’s own words, not the poetic lines and dedication quoted immediately afterward. Public-domain orig
- The Tendency to Testify — The Joys of Being a Woman, and Other Papers (1918)
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