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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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His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. – George Eliot

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Patronize, Patronizing
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George Eliot
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Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivariuss violins without Antonio. – George Eliot

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Violins
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George Eliot
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You can be fat and love yourself. You can be fat and have a great damn personality. You can be fat and sew your own clothes. But you cant be fat and healthy. – Susan Powter

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I ran into Isosceles. He had a great idea for a new triangle! – Woody Allen

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Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them. – Hypatia

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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Beauty and the devil are the same thing. – Robert Mapplethorpe

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You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily. – Tori Amos

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Practice without improvement is meaningless. – Chuck Knox

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