George Eliot
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Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
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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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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
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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.