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Quote by George Eliot
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyr

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. – 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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