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" No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. "
George Eliot
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Us
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" I desire no future that will break the ties with the past. "
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" Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity. "
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" Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas. "
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" Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. "
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" Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. "
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