Quote by George Eliot
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

Other quotes by George Eliot

A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

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Happiness
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That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger. – George Eliot

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Marriage
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Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. – George Eliot

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Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau. – Gene Tierney

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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. – Abraham Lincoln

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No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. – William Osler

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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