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George Eliot

"If we had lost our own chief good, other people's good would remain, and that is worth trying for."

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"If we had lost our own chief good, other people's good would remain, and that is worth trying for."

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Amber Hurdle

"The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive."

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"We do what we enjoy, even if it is act of evil."

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"And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven."

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"When a man is getting better, he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him."

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"Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are."

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"Satan is never your well-wisher. Get the pleasure of making him annoyed on you by doing good deeds."

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"The proper name for the thing is modesty; but as we live in an age of prejudice and must not call things by their right names, we will yield to a more modern nomenclature and call it dignity."

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"Life is indeed terribly complicated-to a man who has lost his principles."

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"How come when mortals want things, their only option is to make a deal with Hell and sell their soul? Why can't they make deals with God in exchange for good behavior?"It was another of those rare moments when I'd surprised Carter. I waited for the glib answer I'd mentioned to Seth, something along the lines of goodness being its own reward. The angel considered for several seconds. "Humans make those deals all the time," he said finally. "They just don't make them with God.""Then who are they making them with?" I exclaimed."Themselves."

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Amber Hurdle

"If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn."

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"Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet."
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