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Quote by George Eliot
A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must

A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. – 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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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. – Quentin Crisp

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Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness? – Yevgeny Zamyatin

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Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it. – William Feather

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Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool. – John Mason Good

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