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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. – George Eliot

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For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities –a willing movement of a mans soul with the larger sweep of the worlds forces –a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life. – George Eliot

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Illusion
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George Eliot
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. – George Eliot

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To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Most of us women like men, you know its just that we find them a constant disappointment. – Clare Short

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