The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen …

George Eliot
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The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes. ✨ George Eliot (2015). Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.87, Penguin
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The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes. ✨ George Eliot (2015). Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.87, Penguin

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