Quote by George Eliot
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot

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Wouldnt it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? – Colin Powell

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The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves most things, in fact, are better in the morning. – Lewis Thomas

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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of ones designs to ones means. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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