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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who

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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When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. – George Eliot

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. – George Eliot

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