Quote by George Eliot
Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us. – George Eliot

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Ive never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. – George Eliot

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I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. – Abd-El-Raham

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The arrival of any child brings you a lot of happiness. – Seal

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Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. – Immanuel Kant

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Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. – Rachel Field

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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. – Theodore Roosevelt

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I feel close to Lloyd in Say Anything. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only Im not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd. – John Cusack

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The reason that minorities and women dont have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. – Carol Moseley Braun

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