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Quote by George Eliot
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small thi

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

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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Happiness
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George Eliot
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To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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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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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either. – Samuel Johnson

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I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process. – Shelby Foote

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A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness. – Bryant H. McGill

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. – Albert Schweitzer

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Let a nations fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive. – Edward Everett

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He had the unmistakable sensation of being wounded so near to death that he felt his soul slide out of him, then slip back. – Norman Mailer, preface to 1976 reissue of Advertisements for Myself, referring t

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