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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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There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness. – George Eliot

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When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. – George Eliot

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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. – George Eliot

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

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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. – Oscar Wilde

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

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