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No matter whether failure came A thousand different times, For one brief moment of success, Life rang its golden chimes.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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Our growing thought Makes growing revelation.
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We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, Oh, nothing! Pride helps and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.
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Starting a long way off the true point, and proceeding by loops and zigzags , we now and then arrive just where we ought to be.
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