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Quote by George Eliot
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. -

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. – George Eliot

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Im not denyin the women are foolish. God Almighty made em to match the men. – George Eliot

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God
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George Eliot
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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing. – George Eliot

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Letters (writing)
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George Eliot
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Sympathetic people often dont communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own depths. – George Eliot

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Sympathy
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Im on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but its all up in the medulla oblongata. Ive got a lot up there. Ive got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata. – Shaquille ONeal

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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. – Herodotus

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To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it. – Don Rickles

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They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer. – Miroslav Vitous

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