# Quote — Hope Mirrlees, Lud-In-The-Mist

> Pride and resentment are not indigenous in the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.

- Author: [Hope Mirrlees](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hope-mirrlees.md)
- Book: [Lud-In-The-Mist](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hope-mirrlees/lud-in-the-mist.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hope-mirrlees/lud-in-the-mist/pride-and-resentment

## More from this book

> Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he never can tell.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hope-mirrlees/lud-in-the-mist/without-respite-he-is-dragged.md)