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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It is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness — calling their denial knowledge. – George Eliot

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But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves. – George Eliot

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Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. – Thucydides

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What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, thats a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing. – Cheech Marin

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