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Far off in the bending sky was the pearly light; and she felt the largeness of the world and the manifold wakings of men to labor and endurance. She was a part of that involuntary, palpitating life, and could neither look out on it from her luxurious shelter as a mere spectator, nor hide her eyes in selfish complaining.
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― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
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We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pain about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, ‘oh nothing!’ Pride helps us and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts – not to hurt others.
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― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
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