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Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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One's self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.
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There's nothing but what's bearable as long as a man can work.... The square o' four is sixteen, and you must lengthen your lever in proportion to your weight, is as true when a man's miserable as when he's happy and the best o' working is, it gives you a grip hold o' things outside your own lot.
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Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.
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Nature repairs her ravages, but not all. The uptorn trees are not rooted again the parted hills are left scarred if there is a new growth, the trees are not the same as the old, and the hills underneath their green vesture bear the marks of the past rending. To the eyes that have dwelt on the past, there is no thorough repair.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.
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Grant folly's prayers that hinder folly's wish, And serve the ends of wisdom.
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