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He who rules must fully humor as much as he commands.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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It is the moment when our resolution seems about to become irrevocable--when the fatal iron gates are about to close upon us--that tests our strength. Then, after hours of clear reasoning and firm conviction, we snatch at any sophistry that will nullify our long struggles, and bring us the defeat that we love better than victory.
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Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!
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So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
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Few things hold the perception more thoroughly captive than anxiety about what we have got to say
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Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.
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Husbands are an inferior class of men, who require keeping in order.
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Things are achieved when they are well begun. The perfect archer calls the deer his own While yet the shaft is whistling.
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