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George Eliot

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The pen name of Mary Anne Evans who was an English novelist.. (1819–1880)


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Quote Left The tendancy of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined. Quote Right
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Quote Left Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite. Quote Right
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Quote Left Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Quote Right
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Quote Left Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we're so fond of it. Quote Right
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Quote Left His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs