Quote by George Eliot
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. - Ge

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot

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The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. – George Eliot

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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. – George Eliot

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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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To do a great right do a little wrong. – William Shakespeare

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Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. – Edmund Burke

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. – Gore Vidal

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I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, Id want to set it in a place that was familiar to me – Manhattan, where Id grown up – and Id model the characters on myself and my friends. – Cecily von Ziegesar

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Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. – Joseph Cook

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Alas! all music jars when the souls out of tune. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell

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