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Quote by George Eliot
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get

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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We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. – 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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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. – Victor Hugo

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