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Quote by George Eliot
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – George Eliot

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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymens miseries is to go and look at their pleasures. – George Eliot

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God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. – Jim Elliot

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