George EliotA human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful whole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences; and charm is a result of two such wholes, the one loving and the one loved.
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Agatha Christie wrote, “A human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful whole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences; and charm is a result of two such wholes, the one loving and the one loved.” This quote highlights the idea that different people have different personalities that are shaped by their personal interactions with others. The person who has charm will have it because he or she has it. If you do not have any charm, you will not have it either.
Source: Middlemarch
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