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Quote by George Eliot
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot

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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection. – Carol Gilligan

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The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure. – Elias Canetti

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The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. – Paddy Ashdown

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