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Religion, like all things, begins with self, And naught is known, until one knows himself.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.
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In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.
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