Quote by George Eliot
The best augury of a mans success in his profession is that he thi

The best augury of a mans success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. – George Eliot

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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness. – George Eliot

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The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. – George Eliot

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No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no mans education is complete. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had. – J. K. Rowling

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