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We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinnertime.
George Eliot
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George Eliot
Age: 61 †
Born: 1819
Born: November 22
Died: 1880
Died: December 22
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... there is a lightness about the feminine mind--a touch and go--music, the fine arts, that kind of thing--they should study those up to a certain point, women should but in a light way, you know.
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It is impossible, to me at least, to be poetical in cold weather.
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In the ages since Adam's marriage, it has been good for some men to be alone, and for some women also.
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I'd sooner have one real grief on my mind than twenty false. It's better to know one's robbed than to think one's going to be murdered.
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