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Quote by George Eliot
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tender

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. – George Eliot

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That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger. – George Eliot

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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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