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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. - George

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. – George Eliot

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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. – George Eliot

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Obscurity
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In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations. – George Eliot

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Experience
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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions. – George Eliot

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Freedom
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Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

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The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough. – Andrew Jackson

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Man is only great when he acts from passion. – Benjamin Disraeli

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One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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We need not destroy the past. It is gone. – John Cage

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Mine is just a simple old human story – of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so. – Francesca Annis

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We must care for each other more, and tax each other less. – Bill Archer

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