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The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose th

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. – George Eliot

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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot

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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. – Mary Astell

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The best book, like the best speech, will do it all – make us laugh, think, cry and cheer – preferably in that order. – Madeleine Albright

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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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