Quote by George MacDonald
Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want t

Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it. – George MacDonald

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One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it. – George MacDonald

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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. – John Steinbeck

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How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it? – John Ruskin

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