Quote by George Eliot
And when a womans will is as strong as the mans who wants to gover

And when a womans will is as strong as the mans who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. – George Eliot

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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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She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. – George Eliot

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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? – Ivan Turgenev

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Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber. – Moshe Sharett

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Humble souls are fearful of their own strength. – William Gurnall

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Its a wonderful side effect of what were doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their family, or simply present themselves aesthetically in a way they feel happy with, whether or not their friends are going to be allowed to like them anymore. – Davey Havok

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If you call a thing bad you do little, if you call a thing good you do much. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Its such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are. – Debra Winger

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We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone elses hands, but not you. – Jim Rohn

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