"Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before--consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. "
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Adam Bede by
George Eliot
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
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Adam Bede by
George Eliot
"We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves."
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Adam Bede by
George Eliot
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
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Adam Bede by
George Eliot
"It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crop."
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Adam Bede by
George Eliot
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