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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

George Eliot

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.
GEORGE ELIOT

Battle Coward Fight Give Man Plunk Sure Sure Lose Win
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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Mind Narrow Point Subject Various View
If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.
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Feel Human Keen Life Ordinary Vison
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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Agree All Call Impulse Name Inspiration Nobel Rapid Through
Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing.
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Better Degree False Impression Life Live Precious Quitely Some Spend Under Unweaving Wear
Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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Confidence Forward Head Hold Joyful Made Victory
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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Afar After Been Deed From Make Travel
Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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Beauty Bless Earth Feel Human Mighty River Wait
Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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Appearances Happiness Little Very
It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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Against Fight Fog Ignorance Interpretation Unless Whip
Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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Echo Live Perpetual Soul
Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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Conscience Enemy Harder
It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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Common Consider Forth Hath Ignorance Knowledge Power Sentence Set
Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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Cheat Child Consciously Hide Itself Love Play Seek Solitary Way
Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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Earth Fit Heaven Jew Most Useful
Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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Agrresive Animal Ask Criticism Friend No Pass Question Such

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