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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
Retirement
Compunction

“The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.” – George Eliot
Compunction
Marriage

“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” – George Eliot
Marital fidelity
Smiles

“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” – George Eliot
Smiling faces
Gossip

“Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.” – George Eliot