.....the hill, and Jill asked - 'Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?' She didn't? Oh well, it must have been Snow White's step-mum, then!! (The memory ain't what it was.) Anyway, what a ridiculous question. No wonder the wicked witch was such a nasty piece of work. Even her own reflection had a poor opinion of her. Although... in a strange way... we all have bits of ourselves that we don't much like. Physical attributes that we might prefer to change. Attitudes we wish we could alter.
It's one thing to identify room for improvement and another to lose self-respect.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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