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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The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. – George Eliot

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The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. – 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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There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but its not easy. – Kirk Gibson

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I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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A nation s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. – Indira Gandhi

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Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust. – Marquis de Sade

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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. – Robert H. Schuller

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