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Quote by George Eliot
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have nume

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other? – George Eliot

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Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. – George Eliot

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