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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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. – George Eliot

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The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best. – George Eliot

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It is not best that we should all think alike it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races. – Mark Twain

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My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. – Abraham Lincoln

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One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can. – Josh Billings

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The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best. – Orison Swett Marden

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