Quote by George Eliot
Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot

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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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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. – George Eliot

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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity. – Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Persistence is a strong will. Obstinance is a strong won – Anon.

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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing ones mind. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Stubbornness is the strength of the weak. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling. – Elizabeth Gaskell

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