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Daniel Deronda Quotes

When we take to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

Source:(Harper & Brothers, ed. 1876), Book II. Meeting Streams, Chapter XIV, Page 50
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  • Book: Daniel Deronda
  • Writer: George Eliot
  • Genre: fiction
  • Published: 1876
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