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Wear a smile and have friends wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope?
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Love at its highest flood rushes beyond its object, and loses itself in the sense of divine mystery.
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All who remember their childhood remember the strange vague sense, when some new experience came, that everything else was going to be changed, and that there would be no lapse into the old monotony.
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It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found - in loving obedience.
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