Quote by George Eliot
But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who

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

Other quotes by George Eliot

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds — not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but — a hatred of all injury. – George Eliot

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Hurt, Injury
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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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Portraits
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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. – George Eliot

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Death
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Other Quotes from
Dissent
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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. – Sigmund Freud

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Dissent

Assent — and you are sane — , demur — youre straightway dangerous — , and handled with a Chain — . – Emily Dickinson

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Dissent

Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or the woman is an outlaw. No woman could be Nietzsche or Rimbaud without ending up in a whorehouse or lobotomized. – Andrea Dworkin

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Dissent

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. – Wayne Dyer

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Dissent

Random Quotes

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. – Eric Hoffer

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Admin Asst Day

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform. – Edward Young

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Procrastination

Im blessed to have cool roles in these big movies. – Jeremy Renner

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cool

So often our greatest triumph is a willing surrender. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Wise Words