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. . . for the stress of circumstances, Fred felt, was sharpening his acuteness and endowing him with all the constructive power of suspicion.	George Eliot	Middlemarch
. . . what loneliness is more lonely than distrust?	George Eliot	Middlemarch
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?	George Eliot	Middlemarch
"People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors."	George Eliot	Middlemarch
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love . . .	George Eliot	The Mill on the Floss
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.	George Eliot	Middlemarch
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?"	George Eliot	Middlemarch
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!	George Eliot	Middlemarch
"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."	George Eliot	The Mill on the Floss
Do we not wile away moments of inanity or fatigued waiting by repeating some trivial movement or sound, until the repetition has bred a want, which is incipient habit?	George Eliot	Silas Marner

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