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Quote by George Eliot
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we a

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. – George Eliot

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Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. – George Eliot

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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

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