Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives. (Sarah Fielding)

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.

Sarah Fielding

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