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George Eliot

"People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate."

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"People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate."

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

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"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

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"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

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