There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.George Eliot
To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion.
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I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.
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Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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