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Quote by George Eliot
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! I

How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when theyre gone. – George Eliot

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When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. – George Eliot

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What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. – George Eliot

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An individual human existence should be like a river – Bertrand Russell

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No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow. – African Proverb

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Through this broad street, restless ever,
Ebbs and flows a human tide,
Wave on wave a living river;
Wealth and fashion side by side;
Toiler, idler, slave and master, in the same quick current glide. – John Greenleaf Whittier

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I was born upon thy bank, river,
My blood flows in thy stream,
And thou meanderest forever
At the bottom of my dream. – Henry David Thoreau

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