Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. - George Eliot

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Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

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About George Eliot

George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans; 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) was an English novelist and poet. Despite the strong social customs of her times against such arrangements, she lived unmarried with fellow writer George Henry Lewes‎‎ for over 20 years.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886) (Public domain / CC0)

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Birth Name: Mary Anne Evans
Native Name: Mary Ann Evans Marian Evans
Alternative Names: Mary Anne Evans Cross Mary Anne Cross Marian Cross

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Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness;

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