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Quotes from Impressions of Theophrastus Such — George Eliot

1819–1880 England

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I began ... to watch with peculiar alarm lest what I called my philosophic estimate of the human lot in general, should be a mere prose lyric expressing my own pain and consequent bad temper.

Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879)

... that modern sect of Flagellants who make a ritual of lashing — not themselves but — all their neighbours.

Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879)

Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name. ... Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.

Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879)

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