Quote by 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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Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty. – George Eliot

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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. – George Eliot

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