“If the young leddy was so careless o' insulting other folks' ancestors, it proves she has nane o' her ain; for them that has china plates themsel's is the maist careful no to break the china plates of others.”

—  J. M. Barrie

Source: The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 26 : Scene at the Spittal

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