Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
- Source
- Mansfield Park
- Date
- 1814
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Fanny Price
Meaning of “We have all a better guide in ourselves,…”
Inner judgment can be more reliable than social pressure when a person has reflected carefully and understands the circumstances firsthand.
Where does it come from?
The novel contrasts outside pressure with the value of attending to one’s own judgment.
Why the local voice matters
Fanny says this to Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park after he asks her to direct his decision.
