George Eliot

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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.
What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?
Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
We ust find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
There are many victories worse than a defeat.
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.

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