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George Eliot
 
Date of birth: 22 November 1819
Date of death: 22 December 1880
Country Of Origin: England
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   George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans[1] (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), who was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity.

She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen a .... (More...)
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" A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. "

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" Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. "

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" Adventure is not outside man; it is within. "

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" All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. "

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" All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. "

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" An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. "

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" And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. "

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" Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. "

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" Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. "

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" Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. "

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" Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness! "

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" Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. "

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" Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. "

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" Breed is stronger than pasture. "

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" But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. "

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