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Quote by George Eliot
What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subs

What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs? – George Eliot

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His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. – 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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When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. – Samuel Johnson

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