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Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of pr

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress. – George Eliot

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Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it. – George Eliot

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Integrity
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George Eliot
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To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last. – Juvenal

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The reason lightning doesnt strike twice in the same place is that the same place isnt there the second time. – Willie Tyler

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