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Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. - Ge

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

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For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities –a willing movement of a mans soul with the larger sweep of the worlds forces –a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life. – George Eliot

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Illusion
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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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Sincerity
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George Eliot
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. – Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. – Ambrose Bierce

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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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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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