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Quote by George Eliot
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymens miseries is t

One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymens miseries is to go and look at their pleasures. – George Eliot

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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. – George Eliot

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George Eliot
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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing. – George Eliot

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He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day… needs to reorganize his life. – George M. Adams

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There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist. – Robert Benchley

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Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. – Samuel Johnson

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It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities. – Shirley Jackson

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In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law. – Eric Liu

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