Quote by George Eliot
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. - Ge

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. – George Eliot

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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us. – George Eliot

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Infatuation
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It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness — calling their denial knowledge. – George Eliot

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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. – Epictetus

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. – Saint Augustine of Hippo

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A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said no. – Woody Allen

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Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. – William Penn

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