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Do we not wile away moments of inanity or fatigued waiting by…

Quote byGeorge Eliot · 1819–1880

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861), Chapter 2 (at page 19).

English (original)

Do we not wile away moments of inanity or fatigued waiting by repeating some trivial movement or sound, until the repetition has bred a want, which is incipient habit?

— George Eliot

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