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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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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when theyre gone. – George Eliot

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Angels
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. – George Eliot

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Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. – Thomas Sowell

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Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. – Benjamin Franklin

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Im leaving the screen because I dont think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that Im elegant on the stage. – Helen Hayes

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If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. – Zora Neale Hurston

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We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. – Jean de la Bruyere

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. – William Hazlitt

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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. – Bible

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