Quote by George Eliot
Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it per

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. – George Eliot

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To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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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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For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love. – George Eliot

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There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. – Patrick Henry Pearse

I will soon be going out to shape all the singing tomorrows. – Gabriel Peri

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. – Horace Mann

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